Njowa Surname
Approximately 1,260 people bear this surname
Njowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 965 | 1:15,998 | 2,310 |
| Malawi | 261 | 1:65,590 | 8,693 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Njowa (14) may also be a first name.
Njowa Demographics
Njowa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Njowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Njowa is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njowa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 301,477th most numerous last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 5,783,767 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Njowa are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used first name globally It is held by 14 people.
The last name Njowa is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 965 people, or 1 in 15,998. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Mashonaland West Province, where 36 percent live, Harare Province, where 27 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 17 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 21 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Njowa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Njowa surname is chiefly Muslim (67%) in Kenya.
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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 Njowa
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