Namuswa Surname
Approximately 2,805 people bear this surname
Namuswa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2,676 | 1:14,589 | 2,293 |
| Zambia | 126 | 1:125,793 | 9,482 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Namuswa (26) may also be a first name.
Namuswa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namuswa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Namuswa occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Namuswa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Namuswa is the 156,154th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 2,598,056 people. The last name Namuswa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namuswa reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Namuswa is also the 2,084,397th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 26 people.
This last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 2,676 people, or 1 in 14,589. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Kaliro District, where 54 percent reside, Namutumba District, where 9 percent reside and Buyende District, where 7 percent reside. Not including Uganda it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 4 percent reside and Botswana, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namushwa | 93 | 3 | / |
| Namuiswa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Namusswa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nammuswa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Namuswaha | 88 | 1 | / |
| Namuswe | 86 | 2,874 | / |
| Namuswo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Namusua | 86 | 1 | / |
| Namuzwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Namuchwa | 80 | 120 | / |
| Namusswe | 80 | 27 | / |
| Nhamussua | 75 | 16,722 | / |
| Nhamussva | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namusbi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nhamuchua | 63 | 33 | / |
| Nhamushue | 63 | 2 | / |
| Namuchuha | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nomutshwe | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nhamússua | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nhamuxue | 53 | 1 | / |
| Nhamuchue | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Namuswa
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