Namwima Surname
Approximately 910 people bear this surname
Namwima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 880 | 1:44,363 | 5,550 |
| Tanzania | 19 | 1:2,786,401 | 49,097 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
Namwima Demographics
Namwima Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Namwima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namwima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Namwima is found most frequently in Uganda. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Namwima? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 389,400th most widespread family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 8,008,292 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namwima are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 880 people, or 1 in 44,363. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Butaleja District, where 62 percent live, Budaka District, where 7 percent live and Mayuge District, where 6 percent live. Excluding Uganda this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 2 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
Namwima Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Namwima last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namwimga | 93 | 2 | / |
| Nambima | 86 | 1,573 | / |
| Namwema | 86 | 55 | / |
| Namuima | 86 | 1 | / |
| Namwimo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ngamwema | 80 | 34 | / |
| Nambime | 71 | 867 | / |
| Namuema | 71 | 239 | / |
| Namwemo | 71 | 10 | / |
| Nanbima | 71 | 5 | / |
| Nambema | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nambimi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nomwema | 71 | 1 | / |
| N'Ambime | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ngamweme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namwemge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namboimi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namboime | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nambimou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nambimme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nambimey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nombime | 57 | 213 | / |
| Nambeme | 57 | 5 | / |
| Nemvuma | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nombimey | 53 | 2 | / |
| Ngamveme | 53 | 1 | / |
| Namuhemi | 53 | 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 Namwima
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