Njome Surname
Approximately 538 people bear this surname
Njome Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 524 | 1:39,636 | 5,295 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Njome (22) may also be a first name.
Njome Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njome Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Njome has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Njome? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 582,776th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 13,545,624 people. Njome is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Njome live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 22 people.
Njome is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 524 people, or 1 in 39,636. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 40 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 29 percent reside and Centre Region, where 20 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Njome
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