Njaye Surname
Approximately 491 people bear this surname
Njaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 483 | 1:80,827 | 8,652 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Njaye (18) may also be a first name.
Njaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Njaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﺠﺎﻱ) is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Njaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Njaye is the 624,505th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 14,842,252 people. The surname Njaye is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Njaye reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Njaye is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 18 people.
The last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 483 people, or 1 in 80,827. In Uganda it is most common in: Butaleja District, where 21 percent reside, Kaliro District, where 14 percent reside and Pallisa District, where 14 percent reside. Barring Uganda this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 0 percent reside and Senegal, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Njaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Njaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻧﺠﺎﻱ | anjay | - |
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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 Njaye
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