Nawangwe Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Nawangwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nawangwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda211:1,859,01362,128
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Nawangwe Last Name Facts

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

Nawangwe is found most in Uganda. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nawangwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nawangwe is the 4,116,508th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Nawangwe live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

Nawangwe is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 1,859,013. In Uganda Nawangwe is most numerous in: Kampala District, where 43 percent are found, Wakiso District, where 10 percent are found and Bugiri District, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Uganda it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 4 percent are found and Russia, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nawangwa883/
Nawangue881/
Nowangwe881/
Nhabangwe821/
Nabagwe804/
Nawakwe802/
Nabangue75242/
Nawaigwa754/
Nabaigwe752/
Ngawakwe751/
Naibagwe751/
Nhabangue715,568/
Nabanggue714/
Nabangque711/
Nawakwi67597/
Nabogwe6710/
Nowagbe677/
Nabague676/
Navakwe671/
Nabagwi671/
Navagwi671/

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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 Nawangwe
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