Namwangu Surname
Approximately 433 people bear this surname
Namwangu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 349 | 1:211,689 | 20,903 |
| Uganda | 84 | 1:464,753 | 27,435 |
Namwangu (75) may also be a first name.
Namwangu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namwangu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Namwangu is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Namwangu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 685,266th most frequent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 16,830,360 people. The last name Namwangu is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namwangu reside; 81 percent reside in Central Africa and 81 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Namwangu is also the 1,116,575th most commonly occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 75 people.
The surname is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 349 people, or 1 in 211,689. Aside from The DR Congo this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 19 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
- 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 Namwangu
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