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 surname Njou occurs most in Tanzania. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Njou.
How Common Is The Last Name Njou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 326,995th most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 6,415,093 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Njou are found; 88 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most widespread given name on earth It is held by 25 people.
This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 994 people, or 1 in 53,261. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Singida Region, where 47 percent reside, Pwani Region, where 16 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 15 percent reside. Besides Tanzania Njou is found in 7 countries. It also occurs 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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