Napuwa Surname
Approximately 409 people bear this surname
Napuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 398 | 1:98,089 | 9,905 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Napuwa (35) may also be a first name.
Napuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Napuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Napuwa is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Napuwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Napuwa is the 714,947th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 17,817,961 people. Napuwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Napuwa live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 35 people.
The last name Napuwa is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 398 people, or 1 in 98,089. In Uganda Napuwa is mostly concentrated in: Kotido District, where 40 percent are found, Nakapiripirit District, where 22 percent are found and Moroto District, where 17 percent are found. Apart from Uganda this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Napuwa
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