Njiri Surname
Approximately 2,600 people bear this surname
Njiri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,098 | 1:22,011 | 2,519 |
| Zimbabwe | 436 | 1:35,409 | 5,456 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Croatia | 6 | 1:704,767 | 44,411 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Njiri (183) may also be a first name.
Njiri Demographics
Average Njiri Salary in
South Africa
R 1,774,120
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Njiri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njiri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Njiri is most common in Kenya. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Njiri click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njiri? popularity and diffusion
The surname Njiri is the 166,465th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 2,802,902 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Njiri are found; 81 percent are found in East Africa and 72 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 673,127th most commonly used given name globally. It is borne by 183 people.
It is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 2,098 people, or 1 in 22,011. In Kenya Njiri is primarily concentrated in: Nairobi County, where 17 percent are found, Kiambu County, where 16 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Kenya this surname occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 17 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Njiri Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Njiri earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 646.56% more than the national average, earning R 1,774,120 per year.
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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 Njiri
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