Njewe Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Njewe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Njewe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njewe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Njewe occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Njewe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most frequently used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Njewe live; 75 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 80 percent reside and Mtwara Region, where 20 percent reside. Other than Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 25 percent reside and Uganda, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ndjewe | 91 | 211 | / |
| Njeawe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Njiewe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Njewie | 91 | 1 | / |
| Njewei | 91 | 1 | / |
| Njeweh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Njew | 89 | 14 | / |
| Njeiwei | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ndjewes | 83 | 1 | / |
| Njewa | 80 | 3,991 | / |
| Ngewe | 80 | 1,448 | / |
| Nyewe | 80 | 347 | / |
| Nzewe | 80 | 201 | / |
| Njebe | 80 | 76 | / |
| Njiwe | 80 | 58 | / |
| Nhewe | 80 | 42 | / |
| Gnewe | 80 | 9 | / |
| Njeve | 80 | 5 | / |
| Nsewe | 80 | 1 | / |
| N'Djewey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nieweś | 73 | 45 | / |
| Nhehwe | 73 | 41 | / |
| Ngeswe | 73 | 27 | / |
| Nojiew | 73 | 13 | / |
| Njiswe | 73 | 9 | / |
| Nsiewe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Ngiewe | 73 | 5 | / |
| Nnyewe | 73 | 5 | / |
| Nzeawe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ndjiwe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ngnewe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Niewei | 73 | 2 | / |
| Njeebi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Hnjeew | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njiweh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gniewe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njaywe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nshewe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Niewes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nzewue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngewer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njeeva | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nyewge | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nchewe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngeweh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njiewa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njeejw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngew | 67 | 664 | / |
| Nsew | 67 | 49 | / |
| Nyesweh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nzewihe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Njyw | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nzechwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gniewer | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngiewei | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nzew | 67 | 2 | / |
| Najjebe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ncheweh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngieweh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njiebeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyeswea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niewets | 67 | 1 | / |
| Najiewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nzeiweu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Njewe
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