Namwako Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Namwako Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 84 | 1:188,690 | 12,615 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Namwako (20) may also be a first name.
Namwako Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namwako Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Namwako is found most in Zambia. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Namwako? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,034,059th most numerous last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namwako reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used forename globally It is held by 20 people.
The last name is most common in Zambia, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 188,690. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Southern Province, where 88 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 5 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Zambia this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namwaako | 93 | 24 | / |
| Namwayko | 93 | 1 | / |
| Namwaka | 86 | 1,510 | / |
| Nambako | 86 | 14 | / |
| Namwoko | 86 | 1 | / |
| Namweko | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ngamwaka | 80 | 4 | / |
| Naimwaka | 80 | 2 | / |
| Namvayko | 80 | 1 | / |
| Namvaiko | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nnamwaka | 80 | 1 | / |
| Namwokoi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nambakou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nambaiko | 80 | 1 | / |
| Naimhwaka | 75 | 28 | / |
| Namweka | 71 | 13 | / |
| Namuaka | 71 | 9 | / |
| Namuoko | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngomwaka | 67 | 75 | / |
| Nambokho | 67 | 48 | / |
| Nnamuoko | 67 | 47 | / |
| Nambooko | 67 | 4 | / |
| Noumbako | 67 | 1 | / |
| Naambaka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nnamuokoh | 63 | 1 | / |
| Namuaca | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nambokah | 53 | 3 | / |
| Ngomuaka | 53 | 1 | / |
| Namuocot | 53 | 1 | / |
| Namboyka | 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
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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 Namwako
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