Njeje Surname
Approximately 5,337 people bear this surname
Njeje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 3,952 | 1:13,396 | 1,732 |
| South Africa | 1,360 | 1:39,837 | 5,120 |
| Kenya | 16 | 1:2,886,244 | 37,784 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Njeje Demographics
Average Njeje Salary in
South Africa
R 113,568
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Njeje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njeje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Njeje is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Njeje? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 89,856th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,365,476 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Njeje live; 74 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 3,952 people, or 1 in 13,396. In Tanzania Njeje is most prevalent in: Songwe Region, where 45 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 30 percent live and Katavi Region, where 6 percent live. Besides Tanzania it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 25 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.
Njeje Last Name Statistics demography
Njeje earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.21% less than the national average, earning R 113,568 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Njeje
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis