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
The last name Njonje has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Njonje? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,286,243rd most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,172,576 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Njonje reside; 94 percent reside in Central Africa and 94 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
Njonje is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 167 people, or 1 in 124,366. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 81 percent are found, Centre Region, where 14 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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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