Njiwe Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Njiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
Njiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Njiwe is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Njiwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,530,696th most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. Njiwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Njiwe live; 50 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Njiwe is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 1,561,571. In Uganda it is most common in: Kampala District, where 24 percent live, Luweero District, where 16 percent live and Mukono District, where 12 percent live. Beside Uganda it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 28 percent live and Cameroon, where 22 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Njiswe | 91 | 9 | / |
| Njiwie | 91 | 3 | / |
| Ndjiwe | 91 | 2 | / |
| Njiewe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Njiweh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Njeiwei | 83 | 1 | / |
| Njiwoue | 83 | 1 | / |
| Njiwa | 80 | 4,460 | / |
| Njawe | 80 | 94 | / |
| Nyiwe | 80 | 70 | / |
| Njibe | 80 | 62 | / |
| Nziwe | 80 | 43 | / |
| Njiwi | 80 | 13 | / |
| Ngiwe | 80 | 9 | / |
| Njive | 80 | 8 | / |
| Njewe | 80 | 8 | / |
| Nsiwe | 80 | 4 | / |
| Niiwe | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nnjiw | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ndjewe | 73 | 211 | / |
| Ndjawe | 73 | 206 | / |
| Nieweś | 73 | 45 | / |
| Njibeh | 73 | 14 | / |
| Nojiew | 73 | 13 | / |
| Nsiewe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Ngiewe | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ndziwe | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ndjive | 73 | 4 | / |
| Njijwa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Niewei | 73 | 2 | / |
| Njeawe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njaibe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njiove | 73 | 1 | / |
| Niewes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nyiwet | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngiwer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njaywe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gniewe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njouwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njewie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njibhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nchiwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngiawe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njuiwi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njiwiy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njiewa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njeweh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njewei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njew | 67 | 14 | / |
| Nyiwuhe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Njyw | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nyihwer | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nziw | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ngiewei | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ndjouwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngiw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gniewer | 67 | 2 | / |
| Njiebeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njouwet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njithue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njuiwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngieweh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ndjewes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nsiyawe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njiebih | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njijoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niewets | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nzeiweu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nziwoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niyw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Najiewa | 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 Njiwe
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