Njonje Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
Njonje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 167 | 1:124,366 | 14,149 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Njonje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njonje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Njonje is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njonje? popularity and diffusion
The surname Njonje is the 1,286,243rd most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 41,172,576 people. The last name Njonje is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Njonje are found; 94 percent are found in Central Africa and 94 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 167 people, or 1 in 124,366. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 81 percent reside, Centre Region, where 14 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 3 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 Njonje
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