Namwonza Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Namwonza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
Namwonza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namwonza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Namwonza occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Namwonza? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most common last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namwonza are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 56 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Namwonza is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 7,696,650. In Kenya Namwonza is primarily found in: Busia County, where 67 percent live, Kakamega County, where 17 percent live and Nairobi County, where 17 percent live. Apart from Kenya Namwonza exists in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 33 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namwanza | 88 | 2,052 | / |
| Namwonja | 88 | 35 | / |
| Namwonsa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ngamwanza | 82 | 1 | / |
| Namwanzah | 82 | 1 | / |
| Namwaanza | 82 | 1 | / |
| Namwanja | 75 | 753 | / |
| Nambanza | 75 | 284 | / |
| Namwonge | 75 | 66 | / |
| Nambonzo | 75 | 61 | / |
| Namuanza | 75 | 35 | / |
| Namwanzi | 75 | 32 | / |
| Namwanze | 75 | 31 | / |
| Namwansa | 75 | 17 | / |
| Nambonze | 75 | 5 | / |
| Namwonso | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namwanjja | 71 | 9 | / |
| Namwaanze | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nnamwanja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngamuanza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namwantsa | 71 | 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
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- 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 Namwonza
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