Njukwe Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Njukwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 54 | 1:384,612 | 33,542 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Njukwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njukwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Njukwe is most common in Cameroon. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Njukwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,530,696th most common surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Njukwe live; 93 percent live in Central Africa and 93 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Njukwe is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 384,612. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 70 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 20 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 3 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Njoukwe | 92 | 138 | / |
| Njeukwe | 92 | 53 | / |
| Njunkwe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Njuikwe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ndjeukwe | 86 | 17 | / |
| Njoukwet | 86 | 12 | / |
| Ndjoukwe | 86 | 12 | / |
| Njeunkwe | 86 | 3 | / |
| Njounkwe | 86 | 3 | / |
| Njuikweu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Njuikwie | 86 | 1 | / |
| Njoukweh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Njoukwwe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Njokwe | 83 | 797 | / |
| Nzukwe | 83 | 23 | / |
| Nhukwe | 83 | 7 | / |
| Nsukwe | 83 | 6 | / |
| Njukwa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nxukwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nyukwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Njoukwoue | 80 | 2 | / |
| Njeukwa | 77 | 47 | / |
| Njuikwa | 77 | 13 | / |
| Njeukwi | 77 | 11 | / |
| Nshukwe | 77 | 9 | / |
| Njungwe | 77 | 6 | / |
| Nchukwe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nojokwe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Njoukue | 77 | 2 | / |
| Njeukue | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ndcukwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Njukuer | 77 | 1 | / |
| Njougwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Njoukwi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Njoukwé | 77 | 1 | / |
| Njeugwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Njaukwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nyunkwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nzunkwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Njoukoue | 71 | 63 | / |
| Njeukoue | 71 | 28 | / |
| Nchunkwe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nzeukwet | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ndjeugwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ndjeukwé | 71 | 1 | / |
| Njougwet | 71 | 1 | / |
| Njeugweu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Njeunkwi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Njungweh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Njokwi | 67 | 52 | / |
| Njokwa | 67 | 48 | / |
| Nzukwa | 67 | 47 | / |
| Nsukwa | 67 | 32 | / |
| Nsokwe | 67 | 28 | / |
| Nyokwe | 67 | 23 | / |
| Nyukwa | 67 | 15 | / |
| Ndjeukoue | 67 | 11 | / |
| Nzokwe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Nsukwi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nsugwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njugwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyugwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyukwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njucwa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Njukwe
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