Njelwe Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Njelwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Njelwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia171:932,34829,315
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Njelwe Last Name Facts

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

Njelwe occurs in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Njelwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,649,889th most numerous surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Njelwe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Njelwe is most widespread in Zambia, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 932,348. In Zambia Njelwe is primarily found in: Luapula Province, where 100 percent live. Excluding Zambia this surname exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Njelwa83279/
Ngelwe8331/
Ndjelue771/
Ncelwee771/
Nzelwa67111/
Nzelue6723/
Ngelbe6717/
Gneelweez675/
Nyelwa674/
Nyelbe673/
Ncelwa671/
Nielbe671/
Nselwa671/
Ngelue671/
Njilwa671/
N'Yelbe626/
Ngelueh622/
Nselueh621/
Ngellew621/
Nzilwa50163/
Ncilwa501/
Nsilwa501/
Njilui501/
Nyelbi501/

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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 Njelwe
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