Namwami Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Namwami Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Namwami Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Uganda101:3,903,92893,934
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Namwami Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Namwami Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Namwami occurs most in The DR Congo. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Namwami? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,485,539th most frequent family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname Namwami occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namwami reside; 66 percent reside in Central Africa and 66 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

Namwami is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 3,518,075. Apart from The DR Congo it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 31 percent reside and Kenya, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Namwama8624/
Nambami8610/
Namwamje802/
Nambomi7123/
Namwoma711/
Namboimi671/
Nganwomi671/
Namuhemi671/
Namuhame671/
Nambome57129/
Gnanvame535/
Namboome533/
Namuhome532/
Namboime531/
Gnanveame5017/
Namuhooma502/
Namboummy501/
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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 Namwami
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