Njeli Surname
Approximately 251 people bear this surname
Njeli Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 213 | 1:216,807 | 15,399 |
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Njeli (13) may also be a first name.
Njeli Demographics
Njeli Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Njeli Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njeli Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Njeli occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Njeli? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,011,991st most commonly used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 29,034,047 people. Njeli occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Njeli are found; 88 percent are found in East Africa and 76 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 13 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 213 people, or 1 in 216,807. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Vihiga County, where 89 percent live, Kakamega County, where 4 percent live and Nairobi County, where 4 percent live. Excluding Kenya it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 12 percent live and Tanzania, where 3 percent live.
Njeli Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Njeli surname is principally Christian (100%) 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
- 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 Njeli
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