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 held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Namwanyi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Namwanyi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Namwanyi is the 1,198,640th most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 36,992,619 people. The last name Namwanyi is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namwanyi live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Namwanyi is also the 1,100,117th most frequently held forename world-wide. It is borne by 77 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is borne by 184 people, or 1 in 86,141. In Zambia Namwanyi is mostly found in: Lusaka Province, where 53 percent live, Western Province, where 41 percent live and Southern Province, where 3 percent live. Barring Zambia this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 7 percent live.
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
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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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