Namwemba Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Namwemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 26 | 1:609,612 | 24,798 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Namwemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namwemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Namwemba occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Namwemba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,141,416th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namwemba reside; 67 percent reside in Southern Africa and 67 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Namwemba is most frequent in Zambia, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 609,612. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 77 percent live, Central Province, where 12 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 4 percent live. Apart from Zambia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 23 percent live and The DR Congo, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namweemba | 94 | 318 | / |
| Gnamwemba | 94 | 37 | / |
| Namwembe | 88 | 981 | / |
| Namwamba | 88 | 374 | / |
| Namwimba | 88 | 368 | / |
| Nambemba | 88 | 63 | / |
| Namvemba | 88 | 21 | / |
| Namwembo | 88 | 4 | / |
| Namuhemba | 82 | 57 | / |
| Namwambah | 82 | 3 | / |
| Namwaamba | 82 | 2 | / |
| Namweembe | 82 | 1 | / |
| Namweenba | 82 | 1 | / |
| Namwimbo | 75 | 48 | / |
| Nombemba | 75 | 21 | / |
| Namwimbe | 75 | 4 | / |
| Nambembe | 75 | 2 | / |
| Namwenbe | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nambembo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namuembe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namuimba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namuhamba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namuhembe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngomwembe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Naanwoenba | 67 | 14 | / |
| Nombembe | 63 | 818 | / |
| Nambimbi | 63 | 44 | / |
| Nambimbo | 63 | 5 | / |
| Nombembi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Namuimbo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nanuimba | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nhambimbe | 59 | 1 | / |
| Nomvember | 59 | 1 | / |
| Nomvemve | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Namwemba
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