Njawa Surname
Approximately 835 people bear this surname
Njawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 671 | 1:78,900 | 8,127 |
| Cameroon | 74 | 1:280,663 | 26,698 |
| Indonesia | 53 | 1:2,495,268 | 147,726 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Njawa (14) may also be a first name.
Njawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Njawa is found most in Tanzania. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 416,572nd most numerous surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 8,727,600 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Njawa live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Njawa is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used given name throughout the world. It is borne by 14 people.
The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 671 people, or 1 in 78,900. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Ruvuma Region, where 33 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 23 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 21 percent live. Besides Tanzania Njawa occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 9 percent live and Indonesia, where 6 percent live.
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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 Njawa
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