Njawah Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Njawah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Njawah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Njawah Last Name Facts

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

Njawah has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Njawah? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 63 percent of Njawah live; 50 percent live in Central Africa and 50 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Njawah is most numerous in: Southwest Region, where 50 percent are found, Centre Region, where 25 percent are found and Northwest Region, where 25 percent are found. Barring Cameroon this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 25 percent are found and Germany, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Njiawah921/
Njawa91835/
Ndjawa83130/
Nyawah8341/
Neawah8323/
Nzawah8317/
Njawat8311/
Niawah835/
Njawai834/
Nsawah832/
Nijawa831/
Njawua831/
Ntjawa831/
Njowah831/
Njiawap7723/
Nyawath7713/
Nehawah773/
Najjawa772/
Nyaswah772/
Njiawoh772/
Njeabah772/
Nyawash771/
Njawaid771/
Njouwah771/
Ndjawat771/
Ndjaiwa771/
Nyawa736,650/
Njowa731,260/
Njaba731,102/
Gnawa73831/
Nsawa73144/
Nzawa7393/
Niawa7388/
Njava7352/
Njawo7316/
Nhawa738/
Nxawa732/
Njhavadh713/
Nsowah672,029/
Nyawai67921/
Nyahwa67848/
Nyaway67215/
Nyaywa67120/
Nzaywa6786/
Nzowah6782/
Njeaba6775/
Ndjawo6763/
Nhaway6755/
Njouwa6752/
Njavha6741/
Nziawa6727/
Ndjava6718/
Njawou6717/
Nyowah6716/
Nsaawa6715/
Njavoh6714/
Niavah6713/
Nyawat6713/
Nchawa6710/
Nyawau679/
Nsaiwa679/
Ndjowa678/
Njabai677/
Njavai674/
Njiaba674/
Njiawo674/
Njaboh674/
Ngnawa674/
Nsawat673/
Ngeawa673/
Nkhawa673/
Nhiawa673/
Nsawai673/
Nyajwa672/
Nyawho672/
Nzabah672/
Nyawea672/
Nyabah672/
Gnaway672/
Njeuwa672/
Njabha672/
Nyaiwa672/
Nzawaz672/
Ngiawa671/
Nzeawa671/
Njovah671/
Njawop671/
Nyawha671/
Nijaba671/
Nhaiwa671/
Nsawaj671/
Njowoh671/
Nzaswa671/
Neewah671/
Nyiawa671/
Nyawoa671/
Nzaw'a671/

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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 Njawah
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