Namwanyi Surname
Approximately 197 people bear this surname
Namwanyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 184 | 1:86,141 | 7,184 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
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 is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Namwanyi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Namwanyi is the 1,198,640th most common surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 36,992,619 people. Namwanyi is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namwanyi reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,100,117th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 77 people.
The surname Namwanyi is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is carried by 184 people, or 1 in 86,141. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Lusaka Province, where 53 percent reside, Western Province, where 41 percent reside and Southern Province, where 3 percent reside. Barring Zambia this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namwani | 93 | 264 | / |
| Ngamwani | 88 | 106 | / |
| Namwangi | 88 | 46 | / |
| Namwenyi | 88 | 6 | / |
| Namuanyi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Namwanhi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Namwaani | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nawany | 86 | 368 | / |
| Nnamnwani | 82 | 1 | / |
| Namwana | 80 | 3,699 | / |
| Nanwani | 80 | 995 | / |
| Namwane | 80 | 19 | / |
| Nemwani | 80 | 2 | / |
| Namwoni | 80 | 1 | / |
| Namwanje | 75 | 24,827 | / |
| Nainwani | 75 | 78 | / |
| Ngomwani | 75 | 55 | / |
| Nanwanit | 75 | 34 | / |
| Namuenyi | 75 | 27 | / |
| Namuhani | 75 | 12 | / |
| Nnamuani | 75 | 9 | / |
| Neemwani | 75 | 7 | / |
| Namwanna | 75 | 4 | / |
| Nnambani | 75 | 3 | / |
| Namwonyo | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nammweni | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nemwaini | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nanwangi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nambonyi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namweana | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nanwaani | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nainwany | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namwanjje | 71 | 533 | / |
| Nnamwanje | 71 | 15 | / |
| Namuhaini | 71 | 7 | / |
| Namwaanje | 71 | 4 | / |
| Naamwanje | 71 | 2 | / |
| Namuhenyi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Namwannje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nammwanje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nanwanich | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nnamwange | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngamwonyo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namwaange | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namuana | 67 | 966 | / |
| Nanvani | 67 | 867 | / |
| Nambane | 67 | 574 | / |
| Namwene | 67 | 137 | / |
| Namueni | 67 | 48 | / |
| Nonwani | 67 | 27 | / |
| Nanwana | 67 | 11 | / |
| Nemvani | 67 | 11 | / |
| Namwona | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nomwana | 67 | 3 | / |
| Namwone | 67 | 3 | / |
| Namvana | 67 | 2 | / |
| Namuane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namwaasnje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namuoni | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Namwanyi
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