Namwenge Surname
Approximately 1,306 people bear this surname
Namwenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,178 | 1:33,140 | 4,433 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Namwenge (107) may also be a first name.
Namwenge Demographics
Namwenge Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Namwenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namwenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Namwenge occurs most in Uganda. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Namwenge? popularity and diffusion
The surname Namwenge is the 292,632nd most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 5,580,050 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namwenge live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 82 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Namwenge is also the 910,230th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 107 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 1,178 people, or 1 in 33,140. In Uganda Namwenge is mostly found in: Butaleja District, where 35 percent live, Bugiri District, where 9 percent live and Mayuge District, where 6 percent live. Beside Uganda it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 9 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.
Namwenge Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Namwenge last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namwenghe | 94 | 6 | / |
| Namwhenge | 94 | 1 | / |
| Namwengye | 94 | 1 | / |
| Namwenje | 88 | 570 | / |
| Namuenge | 88 | 94 | / |
| Namwenga | 88 | 18 | / |
| Nambenge | 88 | 5 | / |
| Namwemge | 88 | 1 | / |
| Namwengi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Namwenjje | 82 | 2 | / |
| Nomhwenge | 82 | 1 | / |
| Namwnga | 80 | 2 | / |
| Namuhenghe | 78 | 3 | / |
| Namuhenges | 78 | 1 | / |
| Namwinga | 75 | 11,674 | / |
| Namwingi | 75 | 62 | / |
| Namuenje | 75 | 30 | / |
| Nambengi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namwenza | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nombenge | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namuenga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namuhenje | 71 | 66 | / |
| Namuhenga | 71 | 6 | / |
| Namuhinge | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namwinnga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namuhence | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namwnje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namwinji | 63 | 90 | / |
| Namuingi | 63 | 4 | / |
| Namwinzi | 63 | 4 | / |
| Namuinga | 63 | 2 | / |
| Nombenze | 63 | 1 | / |
| Namuenji | 63 | 1 | / |
| Namwinza | 63 | 1 | / |
| Namwinchi | 59 | 4 | / |
| Namuhingi | 59 | 1 | / |
| Namuendji | 59 | 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 Namwenge
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