Njege Surname
Approximately 275 people bear this surname
Njege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 260 | 1:177,615 | 13,398 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Njege (26) may also be a first name.
Njege Demographics
Njege Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Njege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njege Come From? nationality or country of origin
Njege has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njege? popularity and diffusion
The last name Njege is the 950,707th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 26,500,167 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Njege are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 26 people.
The surname Njege is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 260 people, or 1 in 177,615. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Nyeri County, where 40 percent live, Muranga County, where 28 percent live and Kirinyaga County, where 20 percent live. Excluding Kenya this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 2 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Njege Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Njege surname is chiefly 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 Njege
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