Namulinda Surname

54,507th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,335 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Namulinda Surname Definition:

Namulinda is a surname of the Mambwe tribe, meaning: god is watching over me.

Namulinda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda9,2811:4,206756
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Namulinda (78) may also be a first name.

Namulinda Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Namulinda is a surname of the Mambwe tribe, meaning: god is watching over me.

The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama

Namulinda Last Name Facts

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

The last name Namulinda is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Namulinda? popularity and diffusion

The last name Namulinda is the 54,507th most frequently held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 780,669 people. The last name Namulinda occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namulinda are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,091,646th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 78 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 9,281 people, or 1 in 4,206. In Uganda Namulinda is primarily found in: Kamuli District, where 16 percent live, Mayuge District, where 15 percent live and Buyende District, where 10 percent live. Outside of Uganda it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.

Namulinda Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Namulinda surname is principally Muslim (50%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Namulindha9527/
Namulindah951/
Namulionda951/
Namuilinda951/
Namulnda941/
Namulinde89606/
Namulindi89211/
Namulenda8942/
Namulindo893/
Namulimda892/
Namolinda892/
Namuilnda891/
Nnamulinde842/
Namulende7812/

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Namulinda
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