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

The surname Namwanyi occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Namwanyi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,198,640th most commonly used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 36,992,619 people. The last name Namwanyi 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. It is also the 1,100,117th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 77 people.

This surname is most numerous in Zambia, where it is held by 184 people, or 1 in 86,141. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Lusaka Province, where 53 percent live, Western Province, where 41 percent live and Southern Province, where 3 percent live. Aside from Zambia this surname exists in one country. It is also found 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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