Njeku Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Njeku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Njeku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe491:315,06631,156
Cameroon281:741,75252,682
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Zambia41:3,962,48038,524
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Njeku (13) may also be a first name.

Njeku Last Name Facts

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

Njeku is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Njeku click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Njeku? popularity and diffusion

The surname Njeku is the 1,955,159th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Njeku are found; 59 percent are found in Southern Africa and 59 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most numerous first name globally It is held by 13 people.

The surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 315,066. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Harare Province, where 59 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 37 percent reside and Bulawayo Province, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 31 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Njekeu916/
Njekou913/
Njekuh911/
Njehku911/
Ndjekou8367/
Njeukou8364/
Njeukui8338/
Njeukeu8329/
Njiekou8318/
Njetkeu8318/
Ndjekeu831/
Njiku807,957/
Nzeku80553/
Nyeku80144/
Nseku8095/
Ngeku8052/
Nceku806/
N'Djekou7790/
Ndjetkeu773/
Nyieku73278/
Njikeu73245/
Nzekui73207/
Nzekou73140/
Njioku73118/
Njikou7352/
Nsheku7320/
Nzeaku7317/
Niekau7316/
Niekut7310/
Njoiku738/
Niekuś737/
Njojku735/
N'Seku734/
Njikui734/
Niekou734/
N'Zeku734/
Ngekau734/
Nzeuku734/
Nzekeu733/
Ndjiku732/
Ngekuh732/
Nyetku731/
Nyekou731/
Nxeeku731/
Nyheku731/
Niekui731/
Niekuu731/
Nyekeu731/
Njikup731/
Ngekui731/
Njiokou67152/
Ndjikeu6773/
Nzeukeu6756/
Nieckau6733/
Nzeukui6725/
Njuikui6724/
Nieckut6717/
Nzetkeu6715/
Njuikeu6710/
Ngiekou6710/
Ngnekeu679/
Ndjikou676/
Nzeakou675/
Nziekou673/
N'Sekou672/
Nshieku671/
Nsiekou671/
Nseukeu671/
Nseukou671/
Naijiku671/
Nyekuch671/
Njikout671/
Njoikou671/
Nehikou671/
Nihekhu671/
Nchekou671/

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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 Njeku
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