Najuwa Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Najuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 36 | 1:1,084,424 | 45,587 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Maldives | 3 | 1:134,724 | 4,057 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Najuwa (827) may also be a first name.
Najuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Najuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Najuwa is found most in Uganda. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Najuwa? popularity and diffusion
Najuwa is the 2,075,631st most commonly used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. Najuwa is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Najuwa live; 44 percent live in East Africa and 41 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 284,025th most frequent forename worldwide, borne by 827 people.
The last name Najuwa is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 1,084,424. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Bundibugyo District, where 28 percent reside, Namayingo District, where 8 percent reside and Isingiro District, where 6 percent reside. Barring Uganda this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 26 percent reside and Nigeria, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Najuwa
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