Njako Surname
Approximately 1,613 people bear this surname
Njako Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,362 | 1:38,870 | 4,457 |
| Cameroon | 178 | 1:116,680 | 13,410 |
| Uganda | 55 | 1:709,805 | 35,417 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Njako (23) may also be a first name.
Njako Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njako Come From? nationality or country of origin
Njako has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njako? popularity and diffusion
Njako is the 246,537th most prevalent family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 4,518,007 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Njako reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Njako is also the 2,239,265th most commonly held given name on earth, held by 23 people.
Njako is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,362 people, or 1 in 38,870. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Ruvuma Region, where 61 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 17 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 10 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 11 percent live and Uganda, where 3 percent live.
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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 Njako
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