Njoume Surname
Approximately 823 people bear this surname
Njoume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 820 | 1:25,328 | 3,453 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Njoumé (2) are calculated separately.
Njoume (28) may also be a first name.
Njoume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njoume Come From? nationality or country of origin
Njoume is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Njoumé. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njoume? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 421,345th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 8,854,855 people. Njoume occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Njoume are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Njoume is also the 1,994,417th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 28 people.
The last name Njoume is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 820 people, or 1 in 25,328. In Cameroon Njoume is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 53 percent live, Centre Region, where 28 percent live and Southwest Region, where 7 percent live. Aside from Cameroon Njoume is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 0 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.
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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 Njoume
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