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
The surname Nawire is found most frequently in Uganda. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nawire? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nawire is the 84,681st most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,277,844 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nawire reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 81 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 199,883rd most frequently used forename throughout the world. It is borne by 1,511 people.
This surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 4,002 people, or 1 in 9,755. In Uganda Nawire is primarily found in: Pallisa District, where 24 percent live, Butaleja District, where 21 percent live and Kibuku District, where 14 percent live. Beside Uganda this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 29 percent live and Indonesia, where 0 percent live.
Nawire Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly 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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