Namwedwa Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Namwedwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Namwedwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namwedwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Namwedwa is found most frequently in Kenya. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Namwedwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Namwedwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Namwedwa is the 7,593,402nd most frequently used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namwedwa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Namwedwa is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 11,544,975. In Kenya Namwedwa is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya it is found in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 33 percent reside.
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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 Namwedwa
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