Njala Surname
Approximately 4,985 people bear this surname
Njala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 4,209 | 1:4,067 | 565 |
| Uganda | 217 | 1:179,905 | 15,002 |
| Tanzania | 188 | 1:281,604 | 22,057 |
| Zimbabwe | 93 | 1:166,003 | 20,492 |
| Zambia | 92 | 1:172,282 | 11,887 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Nigeria | 55 | 1:3,220,777 | 97,902 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Njala (247) may also be a first name.
Njala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Njala (Arabic: نجالا, Hindi: ंजल) is most common in Malawi. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 95,453rd most frequently occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,461,895 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Njala are found; 89 percent are found in Southern Africa and 89 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Njala is also the 567,531st most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 247 people.
It is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 4,209 people, or 1 in 4,067. Aside from Malawi this last name exists in 19 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 4 percent live and Tanzania, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Njala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Njala in the Hindi language | ||
| ंजल | njala | - |
| Njala in the Arabic language | ||
| نجالا | njala | - |
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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 Njala
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