Njeke Surname
Approximately 915 people bear this surname
Njeke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 308 | 1:50,124 | 7,638 |
| South Africa | 229 | 1:236,584 | 24,342 |
| Cameroon | 168 | 1:123,625 | 14,082 |
| Zambia | 70 | 1:226,427 | 14,143 |
| Nigeria | 62 | 1:2,857,141 | 90,271 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Njeke (79) may also be a first name.
Njeke Demographics
Average Njeke Salary in
South Africa
R 282,108
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Njeke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njeke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Njeke is most common in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njeke? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 387,740th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 7,964,531 people. The last name Njeke occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Njeke reside; 66 percent reside in Southern Africa and 66 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Njeke is also the 1,083,225th most common first name globally. It is borne by 79 people.
This last name is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 308 people, or 1 in 50,124. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Masvingo Province, where 36 percent are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 18 percent are found and Harare Province, where 18 percent are found. Besides Zimbabwe Njeke is found in 9 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 25 percent are found and Cameroon, where 18 percent are found.
Njeke Last Name Statistics demography
Njeke earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 18.71% more than the national average, earning R 282,108 per year.
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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 Njeke
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