Nijel Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Nijel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
Nijel (195) may also be a first name.
Nijel Demographics
Nijel Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nijel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nijel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nijel (Hindi: निजेल, Marathi: िनजेल) occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nijel? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,057,639th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Nijel live; 40 percent live in East Africa and 27 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nijel is also the 649,894th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 195 people.
The surname Nijel is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 7,696,650. In Kenya Nijel is most common in: Nairobi County, where 67 percent reside, Kisumu County, where 17 percent reside and Vihiga County, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Kenya it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 20 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside.
Nijel Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Nijel surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nijel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nijel in the Hindi language | ||
| निजेल | nijela | - |
| Nijel in the Marathi language | ||
| िनजेल | inajela | 75 |
| िनजेळ | inajela | 25 |
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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 Nijel
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