Njengwe Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Njengwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 109 | 1:141,635 | 18,305 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Njengwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njengwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Njengwe occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njengwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,736,881st most frequently used family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Njengwe reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 141,635. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Harare Province, where 35 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 25 percent reside and Bulawayo Province, where 18 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Njengwe
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