Njangwa Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Njangwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Njangwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
England11:55,718,059489,080
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Njangwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Njangwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Njangwa occurs most in Zimbabwe. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Njangwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,908,606th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Njangwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Njangwa are found; 63 percent are found in Southern Africa and 63 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 1,543,824. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Mashonaland West Province, where 90 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 10 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 6 percent are found and Burundi, where 6 percent are found.

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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 Njangwa
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