Nawema Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Nawema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 129 | 1:410,400 | 28,884 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Nawema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nawema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nawema is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nawema? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,551,568th most numerous family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 54,793,578 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nawema are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Nawema is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 129 people, or 1 in 410,400. In Tanzania Nawema is most common in: Lindi Region, where 91 percent live, Mtwara Region, where 7 percent live and Ruvuma Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Tanzania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
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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 Nawema
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