Njiwung Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Njiwung Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Njiwung Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon901:230,76723,017
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Njiwung Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Njiwung Come From? nationality or country of origin

Njiwung has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Njiwung? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,955,159th most frequent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. Njiwung occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Njiwung are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 90 people, or 1 in 230,767. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Southwest Region, where 94 percent live, Adamawa Region, where 1 percent live and Centre Region, where 1 percent live. Aside from Cameroon Njiwung occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyiwung8615/
Nziwung861/
Ndziwung805/
Njibuing801/
Njuibeung751/
Ngewung7137/
Nyibung717/
Nzewung711/
Nyewung711/
Nchewoung631/
Ncewong573/
Ngebung571/
Nzeboung531/
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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 Njiwung
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