Namwangala Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Namwangala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 118 | 1:448,658 | 31,304 |
| Uganda | 27 | 1:1,445,899 | 53,777 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
Namwangala (100) may also be a first name.
Namwangala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namwangala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Namwangala is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Namwangala click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Namwangala? popularity and diffusion
The surname Namwangala is the 1,343,156th most common family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namwangala live; 87 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Namwangala is also the 946,056th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 100 people.
This last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 118 people, or 1 in 448,658. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Mtwara Region, where 99 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent reside. Other than Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 16 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 13 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
- 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 Namwangala
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