Namwau Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Namwau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 72 | 1:542,212 | 30,029 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Namwau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namwau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Namwau is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Namwau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Namwau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,220,661st most commonly held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. The last name Namwau is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namwau live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name Namwau is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 72 people, or 1 in 542,212. In Uganda Namwau is most numerous in: Manafwa District, where 60 percent live, Sironko District, where 22 percent live and Mbale District, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 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
- 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 Namwau
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