Njoyah Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Njoyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 93 | 1:223,323 | 22,423 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Njoyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njoyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Njoyah occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njoyah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,907,068th most frequently held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. The surname Njoyah is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Njoyah are found; 97 percent are found in Central Africa and 96 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
Njoyah is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 93 people, or 1 in 223,323. In Cameroon Njoyah is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 63 percent live, Centre Region, where 19 percent live and West Region, where 11 percent live. Other than Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 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
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