Namuwaya Surname
Approximately 14,422 people bear this surname
Namuwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 14,414 | 1:2,708 | 443 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Namuwaya (17) may also be a first name.
Namuwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namuwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Namuwaya occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Namuwaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Namuwaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 36,569th most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 505,308 people. Namuwaya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namuwaya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used given name globally, borne by 17 people.
It is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is carried by 14,414 people, or 1 in 2,708. In Uganda Namuwaya is most common in: Mayuge District, where 15 percent reside, Kamuli District, where 12 percent reside and Luuka District, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Uganda it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namuwaaya | 94 | 12 | / |
| Naamuwaya | 94 | 4 | / |
| Namuwwaya | 94 | 1 | / |
| Namuwhaya | 94 | 1 | / |
| Namuwayaa | 94 | 1 | / |
| Namuuwaya | 94 | 1 | / |
| Nammuwaya | 94 | 1 | / |
| Namuwoya | 88 | 1,102 | / |
| Namubaya | 88 | 7 | / |
| Namuwuya | 88 | 5 | / |
| Namuwayo | 88 | 3 | / |
| Namuwayi | 88 | 2 | / |
| Namowaya | 88 | 2 | / |
| Namuweya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Namuwooya | 82 | 97 | / |
| Nnamuwoya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Namuwau | 80 | 2 | / |
| Namubuya | 75 | 269 | / |
| Namiwayo | 75 | 9 | / |
| Namuwaji | 75 | 2 | / |
| Namuwoyo | 75 | 2 | / |
| Namubiya | 75 | 2 | / |
| Namubayi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namuvuya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namuboya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namubhuya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nomuwai | 67 | 3 | / |
| Namubai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namubuye | 63 | 22 | / |
| Namubhai | 63 | 20 | / |
| Namuweje | 63 | 4 | / |
| Namuboyo | 63 | 2 | / |
| Namuwuji | 63 | 2 | / |
| Namuibai | 63 | 1 | / |
| Namubeja | 63 | 1 | / |
| Namuweji | 63 | 1 | / |
| Namuwejje | 59 | 2 | / |
| Namuwheje | 59 | 1 | / |
| Nomubai | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Namuwaya
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