Njige Surname
Approximately 2,577 people bear this surname
Njige Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,565 | 1:20,640 | 2,601 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Njige (465) may also be a first name.
Njige Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njige Come From? nationality or country of origin
Njige is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Njige? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 167,770th most widespread surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 2,827,918 people. The last name Njige occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Njige reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Njige is also the 395,119th most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 465 people.
The surname Njige is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 2,565 people, or 1 in 20,640. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Simiyu Region, where 28 percent live, Shinyanga Region, where 16 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 14 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 0 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.
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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 Njige
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