Njenjema Surname

445,853rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 765 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Namibia

Njenjema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Njenjema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2611:65,5908,693
Zambia1771:89,5487,406
Zimbabwe1271:121,56116,372
Namibia821:29,3834,509
Tanzania751:705,88840,428
Botswana391:56,07510,323
England21:27,859,030389,889
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Njenjema (26) may also be a first name.

Njenjema Last Name Facts

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

Njenjema is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Njenjema? popularity and diffusion

It is the 445,853rd most frequent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 9,526,204 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Njenjema live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 26 people.

This last name is most common in Malawi, where it is borne by 261 people, or 1 in 65,590. Outside of Malawi this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 23 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyenyema75372/
Nyengema75227/
Ngengema75150/
Nzenzema75107/
Nsensema7550/
Nhenzema758/
Nzengema754/
Njinjima753/
Nhenzeema711/
Nyinyema631/
Nyensima631/
Nyengemo631/
Nzenzemo631/
Ngenzemo631/
Nsengima631/
Nyenyemo631/
Niesniemi5921/
Ngenzaima591/
Nyenshima591/
Nyienshima564/
Niinsima5028/
Ncincima507/
Nginjima502/
Nzinzima501/
Nyinzima501/
Nyinsima501/

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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 Njenjema
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