Namwiri Surname
Approximately 385 people bear this surname
Namwiri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 366 | 1:46,774 | 6,615 |
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Namwiri (127) may also be a first name.
Namwiri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namwiri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Namwiri occurs most in Malawi. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Namwiri? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 746,827th most common last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 18,928,691 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namwiri are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Namwiri is also the 825,494th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 127 people.
The last name is most widely held in Malawi, where it is held by 366 people, or 1 in 46,774. Barring Malawi Namwiri is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 4 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namweiri | 93 | 1 | / |
| Namwira | 86 | 776 | / |
| Nambiri | 86 | 383 | / |
| Namweri | 86 | 29 | / |
| Namwire | 86 | 8 | / |
| Namwuri | 86 | 6 | / |
| Nanwiri | 86 | 3 | / |
| Namuiri | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nomwiri | 86 | 1 | / |
| Namuhiri | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nhambiri | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nganwiri | 80 | 1 | / |
| Namwiera | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nnambiri | 80 | 1 | / |
| Namwirha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nhambirai | 75 | 12 | / |
| Namwiruha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namwiraya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namwera | 71 | 4,036 | / |
| Namwere | 71 | 353 | / |
| Nambire | 71 | 51 | / |
| Nanviri | 71 | 14 | / |
| Namberi | 71 | 11 | / |
| Nanweri | 71 | 6 | / |
| Nambiry | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nombiri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nachimweri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nanwire | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nambiraj | 67 | 27 | / |
| Nhambire | 67 | 17 | / |
| Namweera | 67 | 7 | / |
| Nambaire | 67 | 7 | / |
| Namboire | 67 | 4 | / |
| Namuhire | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nanviriy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namuheri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namwetre | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namweree | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nambujri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nambiray | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nambhire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nambeeri | 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 Namwiri
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