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 can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Njaja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njaja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Njaja is the 2,436,415th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname Njaja 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. Njaja is also the 3,159,357th most common forename on earth. It is borne by 13 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 1,282,775. In Kenya Njaja is primarily found in: Kirinyaga County, where 97 percent are found and Busia County, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Kenya it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 15 percent are found and South Africa, where 10 percent are found.
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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