Njeta Surname
Approximately 761 people bear this surname
Njeta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 733 | 1:28,334 | 3,839 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Njeta (38) may also be a first name.
Njeta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njeta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Njeta occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njeta? popularity and diffusion
It is the 447,670th most widespread family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,576,276 people. The last name Njeta occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Njeta reside; 95 percent reside in Central Africa and 94 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Njeta is also the 1,662,754th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 38 people.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 733 people, or 1 in 28,334. In Cameroon Njeta is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 65 percent are found, Centre Region, where 10 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 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
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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 Njeta
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