Njese Surname
Approximately 92 people bear this surname
Njese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 82 | 1:188,271 | 22,304 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
The alternate forms: Nješe (2) are calculated separately.
Njese (10) may also be a first name.
Njese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njese Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Njese is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Nješe. Click here to see other potential spellings of Njese.
How Common Is The Last Name Njese? popularity and diffusion
The surname Njese is the 1,943,350th most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Njese reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 10 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 188,271. In Zimbabwe Njese is most common in: Masvingo Province, where 65 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 15 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 11 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Njese
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