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
The surname Njeka is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njeka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 468,873rd most frequently used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 10,163,941 people. The surname Njeka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Njeka are found; 88 percent are found in East Africa and 75 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Njeka is also the 2,523,061st most common forename throughout the world. It is borne by 19 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 632 people, or 1 in 73,069. In Kenya Njeka is mostly concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 64 percent live, Nairobi County, where 19 percent live and Vihiga County, where 13 percent live. Apart from Kenya this surname 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 predominantly 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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