Namwaba Surname
Approximately 937 people bear this surname
Namwaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 914 | 1:17,341 | 1,940 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Namwaba (31) may also be a first name.
Namwaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namwaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Namwaba is most common in Zambia. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Namwaba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 380,576th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 7,777,530 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namwaba reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 31 people.
The last name Namwaba is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is held by 914 people, or 1 in 17,341. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Muchinga Province, where 53 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 29 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Zambia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namwaaba | 93 | 1 | / |
| Namweba | 86 | 7 | / |
| Nambaba | 86 | 4 | / |
| Namwabi | 86 | 4 | / |
| Namwabo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Namuhaba | 80 | 4 | / |
| Naamweba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Namwabje | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nombaba | 71 | 68 | / |
| Nambabi | 71 | 38 | / |
| Namboba | 71 | 5 | / |
| Namwobe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nambavo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nambabo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nambavi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nam'boba | 67 | 4 | / |
| Namuhabi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namuhoba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nnanweuba | 63 | 22 | / |
| Nombhabha | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nambobi | 57 | 1,360 | / |
| Nambobe | 57 | 83 | / |
| Nambobo | 57 | 3 | / |
| Nambove | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nombavo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nhamuave | 53 | 69 | / |
| Namboobi | 53 | 57 | / |
| Namuhobe | 53 | 18 | / |
| Nanbaboo | 53 | 9 | / |
| Namboobo | 53 | 2 | / |
| Nnanwobo | 53 | 2 | / |
| Namboobe | 53 | 1 | / |
| Nhamuhave | 50 | 37 | / |
| Nnamuhave | 50 | 2 | / |
| Nainbouba | 50 | 1 | / |
| Namuhoobe | 50 | 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
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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 Namwaba
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