Njelemba Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Njelemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 36 | 1:440,276 | 20,880 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Njelemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njelemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Njelemba occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njelemba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,228,735th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. Njelemba is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Njelemba reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Njelemba is most widely held in Zambia, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 440,276. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Southern Province, where 94 percent live and Central Province, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia it occurs in one country. It is also common in Malaysia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ndjelemba | 94 | 4 | / |
| Njielemba | 94 | 1 | / |
| Ngelemba | 88 | 75 | / |
| Njelimba | 88 | 26 | / |
| Nselemba | 88 | 4 | / |
| Njelembo | 88 | 2 | / |
| Nyelemba | 88 | 1 | / |
| Njelembe | 88 | 1 | / |
| Njelembi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ngelembai | 82 | 5 | / |
| Nzelemboa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ngelembe | 75 | 89 | / |
| Ngelembo | 75 | 21 | / |
| Nyelembe | 75 | 7 | / |
| Ngelembi | 75 | 4 | / |
| Nzelimba | 75 | 2 | / |
| Njelimbe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nzelembo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nyelimba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nyilemba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nhelembi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nyelambau | 71 | 7 | / |
| Nyelemwai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngellimba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngelemway | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngilimba | 63 | 22 | / |
| Nyilomba | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nyilimba | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ngelenwa | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nshilimba | 59 | 1 | / |
| Ngelen'wa | 59 | 1 | / |
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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 Njelemba
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