Namwira Surname

440,964th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 776 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Namwira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namwira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia5901:4,084748
DR Congo1441:513,05340,658
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Namwira (27) may also be a first name.

Namwira Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Namwira Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Namwira occurs more in Namibia more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Namwira? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 440,964th most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 9,391,167 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Namwira are found; 76 percent are found in Southern Africa and 76 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Namwira is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 27 people.

The last name Namwira is most numerous in Namibia, where it is carried by 590 people, or 1 in 4,084. In Namibia Namwira is most common in: Kavango West Region, where 95 percent reside, Kavango East Region, where 4 percent reside and Hardap Region, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Namibia this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 19 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.

Namwira Last Name Statistics demography

Namwira earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 14.03% more than the national average, earning $56,656 CAD per year.

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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 Namwira
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