Njiga Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Njiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 73 | 1:2,426,613 | 80,686 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Njiga (24) may also be a first name.
Njiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Njiga occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Njiga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njiga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,573,888th most frequent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Njiga reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Njiga is also the 2,187,323rd most widespread given name world-wide, held by 24 people.
The last name Njiga is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 2,426,613. In Nigeria Njiga is primarily concentrated in: Borno, where 92 percent are found, Rivers, where 4 percent are found and Lagos, where 3 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 21 percent are found and Cameroon, where 8 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 Njiga
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