Nawire Surname
Approximately 5,703 people bear this surname
Nawire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 4,002 | 1:9,755 | 1,660 |
| Kenya | 1,678 | 1:27,521 | 3,062 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Nawire (1,511) may also be a first name.
Nawire Demographics
Nawire Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nawire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nawire Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nawire is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nawire? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 84,681st most prevalent last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,277,844 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nawire are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 81 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 199,883rd most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,511 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is carried by 4,002 people, or 1 in 9,755. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Pallisa District, where 24 percent are found, Butaleja District, where 21 percent are found and Kibuku District, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account Uganda this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 29 percent are found and Indonesia, where 0 percent are found.
Nawire Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the 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 Nawire
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