Njunju Surname

496,112th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 665 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Malawi

Njunju Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Njunju Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3741:141,55512,992
Malawi1831:93,54711,397
Zambia461:344,56418,269
Cameroon241:865,37858,754
Zimbabwe231:671,22849,171
Uganda81:4,879,910106,546
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Njunju (87) may also be a first name.

Njunju Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Njunju Come From? nationality or country of origin

Njunju is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Njunju? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 496,112th most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 10,958,716 people. The surname Njunju occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Njunju are found; 58 percent are found in East Africa and 58 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,024,927th most numerous first name globally, borne by 87 people.

The surname Njunju is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 374 people, or 1 in 141,555. In Tanzania Njunju is most common in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 48 percent are found, Lindi Region, where 47 percent are found and Mtwara Region, where 2 percent are found. Beside Tanzania this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 28 percent are found and Zambia, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nzjunju921/
Njunjuh921/
Najjunju86182/
Ndjundju8662/
Njounjou861/
Njundjeu861/
Nsunju836/
Nyunju831/
Nnajjunju801/
Nshunju77222/
Njonjou772/
Nchunju771/
Nsounju771/
Ndjuindjui751/
Nsounjou712/
Njoumjui711/
Nzundjeu711/
Nshuunju711/
Nzunzu67364/
Nsunzu67288/
Nyunyu67242/
Nsunsu6735/
Nyunzu6733/
Ncuncu6729/
Niuniu6716/
Nhunhu674/
Nzunsu671/
Nzugnu671/
Njeuncheu671/
Njounsseu671/
Ndjunchou671/
Nchounjou671/

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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 Njunju
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