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 last name Namwese is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Namwese? popularity and diffusion
Namwese is the 2,944,094th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name Namwese is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namwese live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 907,890. In Uganda it is most common in: Buyende District, where 23 percent reside, Kampala District, where 14 percent reside and Kamuli District, where 9 percent reside. Besides Uganda it exists in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.
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
- 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