Njongwe Surname

1,181,191st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 201 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Njongwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Njongwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1611:336,50731,327
Zimbabwe181:857,68057,134
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Njongwe (38) may also be a first name.

Njongwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Njongwe is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Njongwe.

How Common Is The Last Name Njongwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Njongwe is the 1,181,191st most commonly held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 36,256,447 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Njongwe reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Njongwe is also the 1,662,754th most commonly held given name in the world, held by 38 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 161 people, or 1 in 336,507. In South Africa Njongwe is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 45 percent are found, Gauteng, where 19 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 17 percent are found. Not including South Africa Njongwe occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 9 percent are found and Canada, where 6 percent are found.

Njongwe Last Name Statistics demography

Njongwe earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.13% more than the national average, earning R 359,136 per year.

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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 Njongwe
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