Njaja Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Njaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 36 | 1:1,282,775 | 35,275 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Njaja (13) may also be a first name.
Njaja Demographics
Average Njaja Salary in
South Africa
R 120,672
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Njaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Njaja occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njaja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,436,415th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Njaja are found; 61 percent are found in East Africa and 60 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 13 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 1,282,775. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kirinyaga County, where 97 percent reside and Busia County, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Kenya Njaja is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 15 percent reside and South Africa, where 10 percent reside.
Njaja Last Name Statistics demography
Njaja earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.22% less than the national average, earning R 120,672 per year.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Njaja
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