Namulawa Surname

165,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,624 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Namulawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namulawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2,6151:14,9292,342
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Namulawa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Namulawa occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Namulawa? popularity and diffusion

Namulawa is the 165,135th most numerous surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,777,266 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namulawa are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 2,615 people, or 1 in 14,929. In Uganda Namulawa is primarily concentrated in: Mayuge District, where 30 percent live, Kamuli District, where 13 percent live and Luuka District, where 9 percent live. Besides Uganda this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Namuulawa941/
Namulewa88210/
Namulaba8822/
Namulawo888/
Namulavad8251/
Namulyowa8232/
Namulyaba821/
Namuloba7526/
Namulabi753/
Namulabe751/
Namulyabe711/
Nomulavad711/
Namulochwo671/
Namilova635/
Namulobi633/
Namolova633/
Namulovo633/
Namulobe631/
Nemulova631/
Naymilova5949/
Namulyobe591/

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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 Namulawa
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