Njija Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Njija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Njija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njija Come From? nationality or country of origin
Njija is found most in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njija? popularity and diffusion
The surname Njija is the 4,649,889th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Njija live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria Njija is most common in: Cross River, where 79 percent live, Kano, where 7 percent live and Ondo, where 7 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 11 percent live and The DR Congo, where 6 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
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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 Njija
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