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
The surname Namwa occurs more in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Namwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Namwa is the 889,654th most widespread family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 24,130,947 people. The 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 widely held forename worldwide. It is borne by 49 people.
The surname is most common in Thailand, where it is carried by 240 people, or 1 in 294,326. In Thailand Namwa is most prevalent in: Yasothon Province, where 47 percent reside, Ubon Ratchathani Province, where 36 percent reside and Nonthaburi Province, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Thailand this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 14 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent reside.
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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
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- 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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