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
Njome occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njome? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 582,776th most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 13,545,624 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Njome are found; 97 percent are found in Central Africa and 96 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Njome is also the 2,301,746th most frequently held given name worldwide It is held by 22 people.
The last name Njome is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 524 people, or 1 in 39,636. In Cameroon Njome is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 40 percent live, Southwest Region, where 29 percent live and Centre Region, where 20 percent live. Excluding Cameroon it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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 Njome
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