Namwasi Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Namwasi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namwasi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda651:600,60431,967
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Namwasi (68) may also be a first name.

Namwasi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Namwasi is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Namwasi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,273,756th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namwasi reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,181,159th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 68 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 600,604. In Uganda Namwasi is mostly concentrated in: Kampala District, where 23 percent live, Nakasongola District, where 20 percent live and Mukono District, where 11 percent live. Beside Uganda it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 4 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.

Namwasi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Namwasi
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