Njobvu Surname

8,824th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 64,159 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Njobvu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Njobvu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia59,9501:26430
Malawi4,1301:4,145577
Zimbabwe541:285,89329,291
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
England51:11,143,612252,590
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
China21:683,660,78330,601
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Njobvu (118) may also be a first name.

Njobvu Last Name Facts

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

Njobvu is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Njobvu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Njobvu is the 8,824th most widely held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 113,586 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Njobvu live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Njobvu is also the 859,937th most frequently held forename in the world It is held by 118 people.

Njobvu is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 59,950 people, or 1 in 264. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Eastern Province, where 64 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 29 percent live and Central Province, where 3 percent live. Outside of Zambia this surname exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 6 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Njobuv833/
Njobvo833/
Njobvi831/
Njovbu831/
Njobwu831/
Njebevu773/
Njebovu771/
Njopvoui711/
Njabfu671/
Ndjoubwou671/
Njapwou6214/
Najipov628/
Najibov622/
Njopwou622/
Nyabvou621/
Najeebv621/
Nejibov621/
Knejpová5750/
Najipova5710/
Nejibova573/
Njipvouo571/
Njupvoui571/
Nwajiobi-Eva561/
Najibayev531/
Njapwu501/
Njuyapvoui501/
Njebef501/
Nozhibaeva501/

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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 Njobvu
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