Namwonja Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Namwonja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namwonja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda191:2,054,69965,771
Kenya151:3,078,66038,128
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828

Namwonja (110) may also be a first name.

Namwonja Last Name Facts

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

The surname Namwonja is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Namwonja? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,323,005th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Namwonja reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 57 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 895,203rd most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 110 people.

It is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 2,054,699. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Mayuge District, where 79 percent reside, Namayingo District, where 11 percent reside and Kampala District, where 5 percent reside. Other than Uganda this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 43 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 3 percent reside.

Namwonja Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Namwonja surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Namwonja
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