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 held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Nješe. For other potential spellings of Njese click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njese? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,943,350th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. Njese occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Njese reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Njese is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 10 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 188,271. In Zimbabwe Njese is primarily found in: Masvingo Province, where 65 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 15 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside and Nigeria, where 2 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
- 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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