Namwenya Surname
Approximately 905 people bear this surname
Namwenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 672 | 1:68,720 | 6,557 |
| Uganda | 231 | 1:169,001 | 14,391 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Namwenya (603) may also be a first name.
Namwenya Demographics
Namwenya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Namwenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namwenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Namwenya is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Namwenya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 391,109th most commonly held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 8,052,537 people. The last name Namwenya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namwenya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 340,376th most commonly used forename on earth, borne by 603 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 672 people, or 1 in 68,720. In Kenya Namwenya is most prevalent in: Bungoma County, where 69 percent live, Trans Nzoia County, where 22 percent live and Kakamega County, where 9 percent live. Outside of Kenya it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 26 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.
Namwenya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Namwenya last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namvenya | 88 | 314 | / |
| Namwenyo | 88 | 185 | / |
| Namwanya | 88 | 8 | / |
| Namwenye | 88 | 2 | / |
| Namwenja | 88 | 2 | / |
| Namwenha | 88 | 2 | / |
| Namwonya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Namuhenya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Namwanja | 75 | 753 | / |
| Namwenje | 75 | 570 | / |
| Namwinja | 75 | 192 | / |
| Namwonja | 75 | 35 | / |
| Namwonye | 75 | 9 | / |
| Nambenja | 75 | 2 | / |
| Namwonyo | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nambenyo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namuenyo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namwinyo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namuhenye | 71 | 16 | / |
| Namwanjja | 71 | 9 | / |
| Namuhonya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Namuhanya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Namwenjje | 71 | 2 | / |
| Namwhenge | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namuhenja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namwanyii | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nammwinja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nambenjja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nnamwanja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngamwinyoo | 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
- 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 Namwenya
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis