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 occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Namwanyi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,198,640th most frequent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 36,992,619 people. Namwanyi is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namwanyi reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Namwanyi is also the 1,100,117th most commonly occurring forename at a global level It is held by 77 people.

This last name is most frequent in Zambia, where it is borne by 184 people, or 1 in 86,141. In Zambia Namwanyi is most numerous in: Lusaka Province, where 53 percent live, Western Province, where 41 percent live and Southern Province, where 3 percent live. Excluding Zambia this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 7 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 Namwanyi
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