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 is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Njayi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,237,939th most commonly used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. The surname 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. Njayi is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 16 people.
The surname is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 428,840. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Harare Province, where 58 percent are found and Masvingo Province, where 42 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe Njayi exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 38 percent are found and Tanzania, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Njayi
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