Njae Surname
Approximately 212 people bear this surname
Njae Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 171 | 1:309,600 | 23,673 |
| Botswana | 39 | 1:56,075 | 10,323 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Njae Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njae Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Njae (Arabic: نجاء) is most common in Tanzania. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Njae.
How Common Is The Last Name Njae? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,136,896th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 34,375,217 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Njae are found; 81 percent are found in East Africa and 81 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 171 people, or 1 in 309,600. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Dodoma Region, where 50 percent are found, Manyara Region, where 50 percent are found and Arusha Region, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 18 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Njae Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Njae in the Arabic language | ||
| نجاء | nja | - |
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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 Njae
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