Nsamya Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Nsamya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nsamya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1491:106,3758,369
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Nsamya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nsamya occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nsamya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,403,590th most widespread last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nsamya reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Nsamya is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 149 people, or 1 in 106,375. In Zambia Nsamya is primarily concentrated in: Central Province, where 70 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 17 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 7 percent live. Other than Zambia this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nsamyap921/
Nsamyah921/
Nzamya831/
Nsamia831/
Nseamia774/
Nsemyah771/
Nzemya6730/
Njomya674/
Nzamyo673/
Ncamyo671/
Nsamio671/
Nzomya671/
Nsiamio621/
Nshemyo621/
Njamias621/
Njamjah621/
Nzamio5019/
Njamio501/

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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 Nsamya
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