Njou Surname
Approximately 1,136 people bear this surname
Njou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 994 | 1:53,261 | 5,862 |
| Cameroon | 115 | 1:180,601 | 19,028 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Njou (25) may also be a first name.
Njou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Njou is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Njou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 326,995th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 6,415,093 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Njou reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Njou is also the 2,136,160th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 25 people.
The last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 994 people, or 1 in 53,261. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Singida Region, where 47 percent reside, Pwani Region, where 16 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 15 percent reside. Barring Tanzania this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 10 percent reside and Nigeria, 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 Njou
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