Njung Surname
Approximately 921 people bear this surname
Njung Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 910 | 1:22,823 | 3,098 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Njung (27) may also be a first name.
Njung Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njung Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Njung is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njung? popularity and diffusion
It is the 385,671st most widely held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 7,912,645 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Njung are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 99 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 27 people.
The surname Njung is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 910 people, or 1 in 22,823. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 72 percent live, Southwest Region, where 19 percent live and Centre Region, where 5 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Njung
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