Njinwa Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Njinwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 70 | 1:296,701 | 27,784 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Njinwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njinwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Njinwa is most common in Cameroon. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Njinwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,220,661st most frequent surname globally, held by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Njinwa live; 96 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Njinwa is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 70 people, or 1 in 296,701. In Cameroon Njinwa is most common in: Northwest Region, where 41 percent reside, Centre Region, where 34 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 21 percent reside. Besides Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Njenwa | 83 | 129 | / |
| Nginwa | 83 | 21 | / |
| Nxinwa | 83 | 8 | / |
| Njinwe | 83 | 4 | / |
| Njinwi | 83 | 3 | / |
| Nsinwa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Njinwo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nzinwa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nyinwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ndzinwa | 77 | 18 | / |
| Nyienwa | 77 | 6 | / |
| Njinwei | 77 | 3 | / |
| Njeinwi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Njionwo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngin'wa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Niynwad | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nienwha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Njionwou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Njeinwei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Njeinwie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nzinwoha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nzenwa | 67 | 1,439 | / |
| Njimba | 67 | 680 | / |
| Nyenwa | 67 | 231 | / |
| Njimwe | 67 | 151 | / |
| Njenwi | 67 | 72 | / |
| Njinue | 67 | 69 | / |
| Nsimwa | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ngenwa | 67 | 21 | / |
| Njenwe | 67 | 20 | / |
| Nsenwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nzimwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nsinba | 67 | 3 | / |
| Njinui | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nginba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nyimwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngimwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nyiawa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nginua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nginwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njinvo | 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 Njinwa
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