Njembe Surname
Approximately 634 people bear this surname
Njembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 366 | 1:46,774 | 6,615 |
| Cameroon | 164 | 1:126,641 | 14,369 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| South Africa | 41 | 1:1,321,407 | 72,211 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Njembé (1) are calculated separately.
Njembe (44) may also be a first name.
Njembe Demographics
Average Njembe Salary in
South Africa
R 34,764
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Njembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Njembe is most common in Malawi. It may also appear in the variant forms: Njembé. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njembe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 514,664th most numerous last name in the world, held by around 1 in 11,494,552 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Njembe reside; 64 percent reside in Southern Africa and 64 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Njembe is also the 1,525,482nd most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 44 people.
This last name is most numerous in Malawi, where it is carried by 366 people, or 1 in 46,774. Barring Malawi it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 26 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside.
Njembe Last Name Statistics demography
Njembe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 85.37% less than the national average, earning R 34,764 per year.
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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 Njembe
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