Nomwe Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Nomwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nomwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080

Nomwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nomwe has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nomwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nomwe is the 7,117,718th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Nomwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Nomwe live; 43 percent live in East Africa and 43 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Nomwe is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 13,013,093. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Isingiro District, where 67 percent are found and Ntungamo District, where 33 percent are found. Aside from Uganda this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Noumwe912/
Nomw891/
Ngoumwe831/
Nombe804,636/
Nomwa80260/
Nemwe80122/
Namwe8038/
Nomve8015/
Nonwe802/
Namwet73621/
Noumbe73100/
N'Ombe7378/
Noumwa7344/
Namwez7341/
Numweh7329/
Nombea7324/
Nombei739/
Noumue735/
Nomueh734/
Namwee734/
Gnonwe733/
Nnombe732/
Nhombe732/
Nomver731/
Nomwaa731/
Nombee731/
Namwea731/
Nemwei731/
Noombe731/
Gnamwe731/
Ngomwi731/
Ngomve731/
Ngumwe731/
Namweh731/
Nounwe731/
Nomveh731/
Nonweh731/
Noumoue6719/
Namwehe676/
Namwech672/
Ngounwe672/
Namw672/
N'Nonwe671/
N'Nombe671/
Ngomueh671/
Namweez671/

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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 Nomwe
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