Njelle Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Njelle Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
Njelle Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njelle Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Njelle (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﺠﻠﻪ) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njelle? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,532,898th most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Njelle reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Njelle is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria Njelle is mostly concentrated in: Adamawa, where 86 percent are found and Lagos, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 16 percent are found and Mauritania, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Njelle Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Njelle in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻧﺠﻠﻪ | anjlh | - |
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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 Njelle
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