Namwaze Surname
Approximately 176 people bear this surname
Namwaze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 174 | 1:91,092 | 7,481 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Namwaze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namwaze Come From? nationality or country of origin
Namwaze occurs in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Namwaze? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,290,735th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 41,406,511 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namwaze live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Zambia, where it is borne by 174 people, or 1 in 91,092. In Zambia Namwaze is mostly concentrated in: Central Province, where 62 percent reside, Southern Province, where 20 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 16 percent reside. Not including Zambia this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namwaaze | 93 | 11 | / |
| Namwase | 86 | 19,402 | / |
| Namwaza | 86 | 757 | / |
| Namwaje | 86 | 50 | / |
| Namweze | 86 | 42 | / |
| Namwazi | 86 | 13 | / |
| Nambaze | 86 | 13 | / |
| Namwage | 86 | 2 | / |
| Namwajje | 80 | 56 | / |
| Namwaase | 80 | 29 | / |
| Namwaise | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nambaaze | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nambazze | 80 | 2 | / |
| Namwaaza | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nambazhe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Namwache | 80 | 1 | / |
| Namwasey | 80 | 1 | / |
| Namwauje | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nhambaze | 80 | 1 | / |
| Namwaser | 80 | 1 | / |
| Naamwase | 80 | 1 | / |
| Namwease | 80 | 1 | / |
| Namwazzi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Namwezi | 71 | 4,363 | / |
| Namboze | 71 | 1,367 | / |
| Namwasi | 71 | 70 | / |
| Nambazi | 71 | 61 | / |
| Namwese | 71 | 44 | / |
| Namuaza | 71 | 34 | / |
| Namwagi | 71 | 15 | / |
| Nemwase | 71 | 10 | / |
| Namwaji | 71 | 5 | / |
| Namwige | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nanwase | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namwose | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namwoge | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namwacy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nambage | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nanwazi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nambooze | 67 | 11,453 | / |
| Nambozze | 67 | 33 | / |
| Namwachi | 67 | 11 | / |
| Nnamboze | 67 | 4 | / |
| Namwetsi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nambache | 67 | 4 | / |
| Namwatsa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nambazzi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nambouze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namvaset | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nambaazi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Naamboze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nammwasi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namvueze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namwaasi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namwajji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namweese | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namweezi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namwwezi | 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 Namwaze
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