Njanja Surname
Approximately 1,837 people bear this surname
Njanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,172 | 1:39,403 | 4,176 |
| Zimbabwe | 266 | 1:58,038 | 8,803 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| South Africa | 107 | 1:506,334 | 41,014 |
| Cameroon | 88 | 1:236,012 | 23,423 |
| Zambia | 36 | 1:440,276 | 20,880 |
| Australia | 18 | 1:1,499,761 | 75,721 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1:2,381,649 | 30,913 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
Njanja (188) may also be a first name.
Njanja Demographics
Average Njanja Salary in
South Africa
R 67,488
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Njanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Njanja is found most in Kenya. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Njanja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 221,950th most frequently held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 3,967,091 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Njanja live; 65 percent live in East Africa and 64 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 663,277th most numerous forename worldwide, borne by 188 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,172 people, or 1 in 39,403. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Kirinyaga County, where 48 percent live, Kiambu County, where 23 percent live and Nairobi County, where 22 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this last name is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 14 percent live and The DR Congo, where 6 percent live.
Njanja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Njanja surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Njanja earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 71.6% less than the national average, earning R 67,488 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 Njanja
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