Njeka Surname
Approximately 717 people bear this surname
Njeka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 632 | 1:73,069 | 6,869 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Njeka (19) may also be a first name.
Njeka Demographics
Njeka Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Njeka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njeka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Njeka is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njeka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 468,873rd most numerous last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 10,163,941 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Njeka live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 19 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 632 people, or 1 in 73,069. In Kenya Njeka is most prevalent in: Kakamega County, where 64 percent live, Nairobi County, where 19 percent live and Vihiga County, where 13 percent live. Barring Kenya Njeka occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 10 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Njeka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (92%) 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 Njeka
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