Njiwa Surname
Approximately 4,460 people bear this surname
Njiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,871 | 1:28,296 | 3,396 |
| Malawi | 1,490 | 1:11,489 | 1,770 |
| DR Congo | 766 | 1:96,449 | 10,884 |
| Cameroon | 207 | 1:100,334 | 11,860 |
| Zimbabwe | 82 | 1:188,271 | 22,304 |
| Kenya | 13 | 1:3,552,300 | 39,474 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Njiwa (655) may also be a first name.
Njiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Njiwa is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Njiwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Njiwa is the 105,064th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,633,979 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Njiwa live; 42 percent live in East Africa and 42 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Njiwa is also the 324,429th most frequent first name on earth, held by 655 people.
It is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,871 people, or 1 in 28,296. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Morogoro Region, where 22 percent live, Ruvuma Region, where 21 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 13 percent live. Apart from Tanzania Njiwa occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 33 percent live and The DR Congo, where 17 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
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