Njere Surname

433,161st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 794 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Njere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Njere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2891:53,4208,102
Malawi2611:65,5908,693
Nigeria1871:947,28740,584
Cameroon251:830,76357,125
Kenya161:2,886,24437,784
England71:7,959,723202,100
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Njere (96) may also be a first name.

Njere Last Name Facts

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

Njere is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Njere? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 433,161st most prevalent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 9,178,269 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Njere are found; 69 percent are found in Southern Africa and 69 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 968,397th most frequent forename world-wide. It is borne by 96 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 289 people, or 1 in 53,420. In Zimbabwe Njere is primarily found in: Masvingo Province, where 29 percent are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 22 percent are found and Midlands Province, where 21 percent are found. Besides Zimbabwe it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 33 percent are found and Nigeria, where 24 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ndjere91162/
Njerie913/
Njeere912/
Njeure911/
Njer8916/
N'Djere832/
Njeeree831/
Ndjereh831/
Njeri80213,092/
Niere802,994/
Ngere802,687/
Njera801,806/
Nyere801,597/
Nzere80323/
Njire80246/
Nsere80220/
Gnere8082/
Nijer8047/
Nhere8044/
Ncere8016/
Njery806/
Njeer803/
Njier801/
Njerh801/
Nxere801/
Njerj801/
Nijerees7714/
Nijjer73873/
Nieres73802/
Nehere73728/
Gnerre73508/
Gneree73227/
Nierer73204/
Nchere73118/
Gnerer73117/
Nierre7386/
Nijher7385/
Nierez7378/
Najger7376/
Ngiere7376/
N'Sere7369/
Nkhere7345/
Ndjeri7323/
Nzeire7319/
Gniere7315/
Ngeret7311/
Njeeri739/
Njerry738/
Gneret738/
Najier737/
Naaere737/
N'Zere737/
Ngerei736/
Nujger736/
Najjer735/
Ngerep735/
Ngeire735/
Ngeres734/
Najher733/
Nijera733/
Nshere733/
Ndjire733/
Gneere732/
Nzeure732/
Neijer732/
Nijeri732/
Nzeret732/
Nyerep732/
Nihere731/
Nherea731/
Nhjera731/
Nyerie731/
Nnzere731/
Nzereh731/
Ngeree731/
Nseere731/
Nsereh731/
N'Yere731/
Njeera731/
Njeira731/
Njeraa731/
Niiere731/
Nierie731/
Nyereh731/
Nyerei731/
Njerii731/
Nyiere731/
Nzerie731/
Njeari731/
Nziere731/
Nierze731/
Nhiere731/
Nietre730/
Nger676,966/
Nier673,061/
Nser671,033/
Njir67522/
Nyer67387/
Naaijer67162/
Nsre67129/
Gner6762/
N'Gnere6757/
Nooijer6732/
Ñere6724/
N'Serre6719/
Nzer6714/
Najgier678/
Nijjher677/
Nher675/
Ngerech674/
Njjr674/
Nyjr672/
Nzeirie672/
Nierres672/
Najjeer671/
Neujehr671/
Nietres671/
Nietret671/
Neujher671/
Ncer671/
Ncherze671/
Ndjeher671/
N'Seire671/
N'Shere671/
Nzierie671/
Vãgnere671/
Ncherre671/
Najiera671/
Nzjr671/

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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 Njere
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