Namweru Surname
Approximately 270 people bear this surname
Namweru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 204 | 1:191,369 | 15,594 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Namweru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namweru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Namweru is found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Namweru? popularity and diffusion
It is the 963,821st most widely held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 26,990,911 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namweru are found; 77 percent are found in East Africa and 70 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Namweru is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 204 people, or 1 in 191,369. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Sironko District, where 55 percent live, Bulambuli District, where 18 percent live and Mbale District, where 8 percent live. Not including Uganda it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 23 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
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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 Namweru
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