Namwandu Surname
Approximately 436 people bear this surname
Namwandu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 149 | 1:355,313 | 26,378 |
| Uganda | 148 | 1:263,779 | 19,248 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
Namwandu (93) may also be a first name.
Namwandu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namwandu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Namwandu is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Namwandu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Namwandu is the 681,965th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 16,714,555 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namwandu reside; 70 percent reside in East Africa and 42 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Namwandu is also the 986,211th most frequent first name internationally, held by 93 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 149 people, or 1 in 355,313. In Tanzania Namwandu is mostly concentrated in: Mtwara Region, where 95 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent live and Lindi Region, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 34 percent live and The DR Congo, where 30 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
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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 Namwandu
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