Njile Surname
Approximately 12,994 people bear this surname
Njile Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 12,767 | 1:4,147 | 574 |
| Cameroon | 140 | 1:148,350 | 16,370 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Njile (12,315) may also be a first name.
Njile Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njile Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Njile is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njile? popularity and diffusion
It is the 40,349th most widespread last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 560,839 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Njile live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Njile is also the 53,230th most numerous given name on earth It is held by 12,315 people.
The last name Njile is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 12,767 people, or 1 in 4,147. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Simiyu Region, where 44 percent live, Shinyanga Region, where 23 percent live and Tabora Region, where 11 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 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
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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 Njile
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