Njega Surname
Approximately 1,060 people bear this surname
Njega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,044 | 1:44,234 | 4,583 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Njega (78) may also be a first name.
Njega Demographics
Njega Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Njega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njega Come From? nationality or country of origin
Njega is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Njega? popularity and diffusion
It is the 345,372nd most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 6,875,043 people. Njega is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Njega are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 94 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,091,646th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 78 people.
The last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,044 people, or 1 in 44,234. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kirinyaga County, where 54 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 16 percent reside and Embu County, where 7 percent reside. Barring Kenya Njega occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Njega Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Njega
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