Njame Surname
Approximately 406 people bear this surname
Njame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 293 | 1:180,688 | 15,725 |
| Zambia | 39 | 1:406,408 | 20,045 |
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Njame (57) may also be a first name.
Njame Demographics
Average Njame Salary in
South Africa
R 124,476
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Njame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Njame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﺎﻡ) is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Njame click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njame? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 718,674th most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 17,949,620 people. The surname Njame is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Njame live; 72 percent live in East Africa and 72 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Njame is also the 1,308,380th most commonly used given name worldwide, borne by 57 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 293 people, or 1 in 180,688. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Lindi Region, where 50 percent live, Pwani Region, where 48 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Tanzania this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 10 percent live and Cameroon, where 8 percent live.
Njame Last Name Statistics demography
Njame earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.62% less than the national average, earning R 124,476 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Njame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Njame in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﺎﻡ | jam | 50 |
| ﺍﻧﺠﺎﻡ | anjam | 50 |
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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 Njame
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