Namwendwa Surname
Approximately 468 people bear this surname
Namwendwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 282 | 1:138,437 | 12,557 |
| Kenya | 186 | 1:248,279 | 16,968 |
Namwendwa (65) may also be a first name.
Namwendwa Demographics
Namwendwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Namwendwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namwendwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Namwendwa is most common in Uganda. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Namwendwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Namwendwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Namwendwa is the 646,966th most common family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 15,571,679 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namwendwa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,212,820th most frequently used first name globally It is held by 65 people.
The surname Namwendwa is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is carried by 282 people, or 1 in 138,437. In Uganda Namwendwa is most prevalent in: Rakai District, where 78 percent are found, Masaka District, where 6 percent are found and Wakiso District, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Uganda it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 40 percent are found.
Namwendwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily 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 Namwendwa
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