Njoyo Surname
Approximately 391 people bear this surname
Njoyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 277 | 1:191,125 | 16,438 |
| Cameroon | 95 | 1:218,622 | 22,080 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Njoyo (18) may also be a first name.
Njoyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njoyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Njoyo is found most in Tanzania. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Njoyo.
How Common Is The Last Name Njoyo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 738,530th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 18,638,225 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Njoyo reside; 71 percent reside in East Africa and 71 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 18 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 277 people, or 1 in 191,125. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mbeya Region, where 92 percent are found, Arusha Region, where 3 percent are found and Iringa Region, where 3 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 24 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Njoyo
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