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
Namwima is most common in Uganda. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Namwima.
How Common Is The Last Name Namwima? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 389,400th most commonly held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 8,008,292 people. The surname Namwima occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namwima live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Namwima is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 880 people, or 1 in 44,363. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Butaleja District, where 62 percent live, Budaka District, where 7 percent live and Mayuge District, where 6 percent live. Beside Uganda Namwima is found 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 carrying the Namwima last name is primarily 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
- 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