Njehu Surname

590,101st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 529 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Njehu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Njehu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya5181:89,1508,039
England51:11,143,612252,590
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Njehu (109) may also be a first name.

Njehu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Njehu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Njehu is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Njehu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Njehu is the 590,101st most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 13,776,079 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Njehu live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Njehu is also the 900,062nd most frequent first name at a global level, held by 109 people.

This last name is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 518 people, or 1 in 89,150. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kiambu County, where 49 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 23 percent are found and Nyandarua County, where 15 percent are found. Other than Kenya this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Njehu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Njehu surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Niehuß7319/
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Njejou732/
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Njieuh731/
Njiheu731/
Niehau731/
Ngeu67169/
Nieu6753/
Nyeu6721/
Njeujeu6717/
Niehous6710/
Nieheus6710/
Njiejou673/
Ngnehui672/
Njioheu672/
Njiohou672/
Nehajhu671/
Niehoud671/
Nehajou671/
Njuhyua671/
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Niehaua671/
Nyju671/
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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 Njehu
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