Njayi Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Njayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 36 | 1:428,840 | 37,622 |
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Njayi (16) may also be a first name.
Njayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Njayi occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Njayi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njayi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,237,939th most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Njayi are found; 50 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most common forename throughout the world, held by 16 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 428,840. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Harare Province, where 58 percent reside and Masvingo Province, where 42 percent reside. Excluding Zimbabwe Njayi exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 38 percent reside and Tanzania, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Njayi
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