Njirima Surname
Approximately 475 people bear this surname
Njirima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 471 | 1:36,346 | 5,352 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Njirima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njirima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Njirima has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Njirima click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njirima? popularity and diffusion
The surname Njirima is the 640,141st most commonly used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 15,342,202 people. The last name Njirima is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Njirima reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most common in Malawi, where it is held by 471 people, or 1 in 36,346. Other than Malawi this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 0 percent are found and Ireland, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Njjirima | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nsirima | 86 | 25 | / |
| Ngirima | 86 | 5 | / |
| Njirimo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nyirima | 86 | 1 | / |
| Njerima | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nzairima | 80 | 1 | / |
| Njerema | 71 | 200 | / |
| Nzirimo | 71 | 29 | / |
| Nyerima | 71 | 11 | / |
| Nzirema | 71 | 6 | / |
| Ngerima | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ngirimo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Gnerima | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nhirimi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nyirema | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nherima | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nserima | 71 | 1 | / |
| N'Serima | 67 | 7 | / |
| Njehrema | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nihirema | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Serrima | 63 | 6 | / |
| Nierheimer | 59 | 1 | / |
| Ngerime | 57 | 81 | / |
| Ngerema | 57 | 4 | / |
| Nyerema | 57 | 4 | / |
| Nzerema | 57 | 2 | / |
| Gnerema | 57 | 1 | / |
| N'Serema | 53 | 1 | / |
| Nnyerime | 53 | 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
- 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 Njirima
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