Namwanyi Surname

1,198,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Namwanyi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namwanyi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1841:86,1417,184
Uganda131:3,003,02181,551

Namwanyi (77) may also be a first name.

Namwanyi Last Name Facts

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

Namwanyi has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Namwanyi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,198,640th most common surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 36,992,619 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namwanyi are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Namwanyi is also the 1,100,117th most commonly occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 77 people.

Namwanyi is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is borne by 184 people, or 1 in 86,141. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Lusaka Province, where 53 percent are found, Western Province, where 41 percent are found and Southern Province, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Zambia it exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 7 percent are found.

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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 Namwanyi
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