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 occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Njowa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njowa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 301,477th most commonly held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 5,783,767 people. The surname Njowa 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 widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 14 people.
Njowa is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 965 people, or 1 in 15,998. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 36 percent are found, Harare Province, where 27 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 17 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe Njowa is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 21 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
Njowa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Njowa last name is principally 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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