Njokos Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Njokos Surname User-submission:
The origin of the surname is Hungarian, where "nyakas" means "throat", or "stiff-necked". When you pronounce nyakas [nee-ya-cause], the letter "a" sounds like an "o", so therefore it was most probably misheard and written as Njokos [nee-yo-cause] when the first descendant of the family Njokos moved from Hungary to Croatia on the end of the 19th century.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Njokoš (55) are calculated separately.
Njokos Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The origin of the surname is Hungarian, where "nyakas" means "throat", or "stiff-necked". When you pronounce nyakas [nee-ya-cause], the letter "a" sounds like an "o", so therefore it was most probably misheard and written as Njokos [nee-yo-cause] when the first descendant of the family Njokos moved from Hungary to Croatia on the end of the 19th century.
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Where Does The Last Name Njokos Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Njokos occurs more in Australia more than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Njokoš. For other potential spellings of Njokos click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njokos? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,063,924th most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Njokos is mostly found in Oceania, where 90 percent of Njokos are found; 90 percent are found in Australasia and 90 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.
It is most prevalent in Australia, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 2,999,522. In Australia Njokos is most numerous in: Victoria, where 100 percent live. Outside of Australia it exists in one country. It also occurs in Sweden, where 10 percent live.
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