Namwenje Surname
Approximately 570 people bear this surname
Namwenje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 461 | 1:114,841 | 11,032 |
| Uganda | 106 | 1:368,295 | 23,776 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Namwenje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namwenje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Namwenje is most common in Tanzania. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Namwenje.
How Common Is The Last Name Namwenje? popularity and diffusion
It is the 557,722nd most frequently used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 12,785,168 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namwenje reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 461 people, or 1 in 114,841. In Tanzania Namwenje is mostly concentrated in: Mtwara Region, where 97 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent reside and Lindi Region, where 1 percent reside. Barring Tanzania it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 19 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namwenjje | 94 | 2 | / |
| Namwene | 93 | 137 | / |
| Namwnje | 93 | 1 | / |
| Namwanje | 88 | 24,827 | / |
| Namwenge | 88 | 1,306 | / |
| Namweene | 88 | 189 | / |
| Namuenje | 88 | 30 | / |
| Namwenye | 88 | 2 | / |
| Namwenja | 88 | 2 | / |
| Namwanjje | 82 | 533 | / |
| Namuhenje | 82 | 66 | / |
| Nnamwanje | 82 | 15 | / |
| Namwaanje | 82 | 4 | / |
| Naamwanje | 82 | 2 | / |
| Nammwanje | 82 | 1 | / |
| Namwhenge | 82 | 1 | / |
| Namwannje | 82 | 1 | / |
| Namwena | 80 | 594 | / |
| Nambene | 80 | 57 | / |
| Namuene | 80 | 18 | / |
| Namweni | 80 | 8 | / |
| Namwenz | 80 | 4 | / |
| Namwenya | 75 | 905 | / |
| Namwinja | 75 | 192 | / |
| Namuenge | 75 | 94 | / |
| Namwinji | 75 | 90 | / |
| Namuhene | 75 | 18 | / |
| Namwenyi | 75 | 6 | / |
| Nambenge | 75 | 5 | / |
| Namwanji | 75 | 4 | / |
| Ngamvene | 75 | 3 | / |
| Namwenha | 75 | 2 | / |
| Namwemge | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namuenji | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namwenza | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namwengi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namweana | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nammweni | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nnamuene | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ngamwenyi | 71 | 27 | / |
| Namuhenye | 71 | 16 | / |
| Namuendji | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nomhwenge | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nammwinja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namuhence | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namuhenja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Naamuhene | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namwini | 67 | 156 | / |
| Namueni | 67 | 48 | / |
| Nombene | 67 | 8 | / |
| Nawenya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Namuhenges | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namwiny | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namwine | 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
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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 Namwenje
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