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

The last name Njere occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Njere? popularity and diffusion

The surname Njere is the 433,161st most commonly used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 9,178,269 people. The surname occurs predominantly 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. Njere is also the 968,397th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 96 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 289 people, or 1 in 53,420. In Zimbabwe Njere is most frequent in: Masvingo Province, where 29 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 22 percent live and Midlands Province, where 21 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe it exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 33 percent live and Nigeria, where 24 percent live.

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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