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
Njanja Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Njanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Njanja is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njanja? popularity and diffusion
Njanja is the 221,950th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 3,967,091 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Njanja live; 65 percent live in East Africa and 64 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Njanja is also the 663,277th most common forename throughout the world, held by 188 people.
Njanja is most widespread in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,172 people, or 1 in 39,403. In Kenya Njanja is primarily concentrated in: Kirinyaga County, where 48 percent are found, Kiambu County, where 23 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 22 percent are found. Besides Kenya this surname is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 14 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found.
Njanja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Njanja surname is chiefly 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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