Namuku Surname

522,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 622 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Namuku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namuku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi5231:32,7334,882
Uganda391:1,001,00743,411
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Papua New Guinea221:370,62448,900
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Namuku (55) may also be a first name.

Namuku Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Namuku Come From? nationality or country of origin

Namuku has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Namuku? popularity and diffusion

The last name Namuku is the 522,545th most frequent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 11,716,312 people. Namuku occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Namuku are found; 84 percent are found in Southern Africa and 84 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 55 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is borne by 523 people, or 1 in 32,733. Excluding Malawi it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 6 percent live and The DR Congo, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Namuuku9221/
Namukau9220/
Nnamuku9215/
Ngamuku922/
Nammuku921/
Namukku921/
Namoukou864/
Namukuue861/
Namoku83203/
Nemuku833/
Namucu833/
Namiku831/
Namukujje806/
Namoukkou801/
Nemauku7724/
Nnamoku777/
Nemukuy771/
Namucut771/
Namuccu771/
Namukoo771/
Namikui771/
Noomukuu711/
Namucuha711/
Namicu678/
Nomiku671/
Nomoku671/
Namikou621/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Namuku
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