Namwa Surname
Approximately 302 people bear this surname
Namwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 240 | 1:294,326 | 50,651 |
| Uganda | 41 | 1:952,178 | 42,125 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Namwa (49) may also be a first name.
Namwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Namwa is carried by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Namwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 889,654th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 24,130,947 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Namwa reside; 79 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 79 percent reside in Tai-Asia. Namwa is also the 1,430,306th most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 49 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Thailand, where it is carried by 240 people, or 1 in 294,326. In Thailand it is most common in: Yasothon Province, where 47 percent live, Ubon Ratchathani Province, where 36 percent live and Nonthaburi Province, where 7 percent live. Other than Thailand it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 14 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live.
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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 Namwa
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