Njawaya Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Njawaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 163 | 1:94,713 | 13,461 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Njawaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njawaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Njawaya is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Njawaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,333,288th most widely held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 43,378,250 people. The last name Njawaya is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Njawaya live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 163 people, or 1 in 94,713. In Zimbabwe Njawaya is mostly concentrated in: Harare Province, where 46 percent are found, Mashonaland East Province, where 27 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 12 percent are found. Not including Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyawaya | 86 | 43 | / |
| Nsawaya | 86 | 41 | / |
| Njawa | 83 | 835 | / |
| Nyajwaya | 80 | 11 | / |
| N'Sawaya | 80 | 4 | / |
| Nyahwaya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nyaway | 77 | 215 | / |
| Nhaway | 77 | 55 | / |
| Njawai | 77 | 4 | / |
| Gnaway | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nijawa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nyawaye | 71 | 215 | / |
| Nhavaya | 71 | 68 | / |
| Nzavaya | 71 | 65 | / |
| Nyabaya | 71 | 61 | / |
| Nyawayi | 71 | 23 | / |
| Nyavaya | 71 | 19 | / |
| Nsaweya | 71 | 9 | / |
| Najjawa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Neawway | 71 | 1 | / |
| Njabayi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nyawayo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nzawiya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nehaway | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nsabaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nyawayj | 71 | 1 | / |
| Neahway | 71 | 1 | / |
| Njawaid | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nyawa | 67 | 6,650 | / |
| Njawe | 67 | 94 | / |
| Niawa | 67 | 88 | / |
| Nhavhaya | 67 | 70 | / |
| Njava | 67 | 52 | / |
| Nyahwayi | 67 | 24 | / |
| Nyajuaya | 67 | 9 | / |
| Njawi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nyavhaya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Naayaava | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ndjoweya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ndjowoya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gnawy | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Njawaya
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