Njoukwe Surname
Approximately 138 people bear this surname
Njoukwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 130 | 1:159,762 | 17,345 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 1:11,188 | 103 |
The alternate forms: Njoukwé (1) are calculated separately.
Njoukwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njoukwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Njoukwe occurs most in Cameroon. It can also be found in the variant forms: Njoukwé. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njoukwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,511,557th most frequently held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 52,808,304 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Njoukwe live; 95 percent live in Central Africa and 95 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Njoukwe is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 130 people, or 1 in 159,762. In Cameroon Njoukwe is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 43 percent are found, Centre Region, where 38 percent are found and West Region, where 18 percent are found. Besides Cameroon it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Canada, 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
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- 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 Njoukwe
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