Njow Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Njow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Njow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njow Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Njow is most common in Cameroon. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Njow? popularity and diffusion
The last name Njow is the 8,193,072nd most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Njow are found; 100 percent are found in Central Africa and 100 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
Njow is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Njow is most common in: Southwest Region, where 50 percent are found, Northwest Region, where 25 percent are found and South Region, where 25 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Njowe | 89 | 1,521 | / |
| Njowa | 89 | 1,260 | / |
| Ndjow | 89 | 34 | / |
| Njouw | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ndjowe | 80 | 50 | / |
| Njouwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Neow | 75 | 162 | / |
| Nsow | 75 | 35 | / |
| Njaw | 75 | 6 | / |
| Ncow | 75 | 5 | / |
| Njob | 75 | 5 | / |
| Niow | 75 | 5 | / |
| Nyow | 75 | 3 | / |
| Gnow | 75 | 3 | / |
| Nzow | 75 | 2 | / |
| Njof | 75 | 2 | / |
| Njov | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nhow | 75 | 1 | / |
| N'Djowe | 73 | 35 | / |
| Ndjouwe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ndjoowe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nzowa | 67 | 16,144 | / |
| Njova | 67 | 1,237 | / |
| Nyowa | 67 | 384 | / |
| Njawe | 67 | 94 | / |
| Njauw | 67 | 69 | / |
| Nsowa | 67 | 64 | / |
| Nzowe | 67 | 62 | / |
| Nsowe | 67 | 26 | / |
| Nchow | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ngiow | 67 | 20 | / |
| Nehow | 67 | 6 | / |
| Neowa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nayow | 67 | 5 | / |
| Naiow | 67 | 4 | / |
| Njiaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Neyow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njeuw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njiov | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ndjov | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gnouw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njovd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gneow | 67 | 0 | / |
| Neowe | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Njow
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