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 more commonly found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 624,505th most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 14,842,252 people. This surname occurs predominantly 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 widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 18 people.
The surname Njaye is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is held by 483 people, or 1 in 80,827. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Butaleja District, where 21 percent live, Kaliro District, where 14 percent live and Pallisa District, where 14 percent live. Apart from Uganda this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 0 percent live and Senegal, where 0 percent live.
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
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- 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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