Namwese Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Namwese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 43 | 1:907,890 | 40,955 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Namwese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namwese Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Namwese is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Namwese? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,944,094th most widespread family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namwese reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Namwese is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 907,890. In Uganda Namwese is most common in: Buyende District, where 23 percent live, Kampala District, where 14 percent live and Kamuli District, where 9 percent live. Aside from Uganda it occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namweese | 93 | 1 | / |
| Namwease | 93 | 1 | / |
| Namwes | 92 | 1 | / |
| Namwase | 86 | 19,402 | / |
| Namwesi | 86 | 193 | / |
| Namweze | 86 | 42 | / |
| Namwesa | 86 | 23 | / |
| Namwege | 86 | 8 | / |
| Namweje | 86 | 2 | / |
| Namweez | 86 | 1 | / |
| Namwose | 86 | 1 | / |
| Namwiset | 80 | 2,069 | / |
| Nambeshe | 80 | 60 | / |
| Namwises | 80 | 42 | / |
| Namwasse | 80 | 41 | / |
| Namwaase | 80 | 29 | / |
| Neambese | 80 | 16 | / |
| Namwesha | 80 | 6 | / |
| Namwised | 80 | 5 | / |
| Namwetsi | 80 | 4 | / |
| Namwaise | 80 | 2 | / |
| Naamwase | 80 | 1 | / |
| Namwasey | 80 | 1 | / |
| Namweezi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Namwessi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Namwez | 77 | 41 | / |
| Nambes | 77 | 3 | / |
| Namweshzi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namwezi | 71 | 4,363 | / |
| Namwisi | 71 | 430 | / |
| Namwaze | 71 | 176 | / |
| Namwasi | 71 | 70 | / |
| Namweza | 71 | 46 | / |
| Namwosi | 71 | 39 | / |
| Namuesh | 71 | 29 | / |
| Nemwase | 71 | 10 | / |
| Namwisa | 71 | 6 | / |
| Nombese | 71 | 4 | / |
| Namwige | 71 | 3 | / |
| Namwech | 71 | 2 | / |
| Namuesi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namuise | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namuhose | 67 | 788 | / |
| Namwajje | 67 | 56 | / |
| Namwisha | 67 | 48 | / |
| Namuhege | 67 | 39 | / |
| Namviset | 67 | 32 | / |
| Namwaaze | 67 | 11 | / |
| Namvises | 67 | 11 | / |
| Namwishi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Namvised | 67 | 3 | / |
| Namuheje | 67 | 3 | / |
| Namwechi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nanweshi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nammwasi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namwaasi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namwisai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namwuisi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namwwezi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namuhesa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nanwised | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namwisis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namwashi | 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 Namwese
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