Namwenya Surname

391,109th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 905 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Namwenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namwenya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya6721:68,7206,557
Uganda2311:169,00114,391
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Namwenya (603) may also be a first name.

Namwenya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Namwenya Come From? nationality or country of origin

Namwenya occurs most in Kenya. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Namwenya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Namwenya is the 391,109th most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,052,537 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namwenya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Namwenya is also the 340,376th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 603 people.

The last name is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 672 people, or 1 in 68,720. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Bungoma County, where 69 percent reside, Trans Nzoia County, where 22 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Kenya this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 26 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.

Namwenya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Namwenya surname is chiefly 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 Namwenya
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