Njunju Surname
Approximately 665 people bear this surname
Njunju Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 374 | 1:141,555 | 12,992 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Zambia | 46 | 1:344,564 | 18,269 |
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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 more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njunju? popularity and diffusion
It is the 496,112th most common family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 10,958,716 people. Njunju occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Njunju reside; 58 percent reside in East Africa and 58 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,024,927th most frequently occurring given name in the world It is held by 87 people.
The last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 374 people, or 1 in 141,555. In Tanzania Njunju is most numerous 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. Aside from Tanzania this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 28 percent are found and Zambia, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nzjunju | 92 | 1 | / |
| Njunjuh | 92 | 1 | / |
| Najjunju | 86 | 182 | / |
| Ndjundju | 86 | 62 | / |
| Njounjou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Njundjeu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nsunju | 83 | 6 | / |
| Nyunju | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nnajjunju | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nshunju | 77 | 222 | / |
| Njonjou | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nchunju | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nsounju | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ndjuindjui | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nsounjou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Njoumjui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nzundjeu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nshuunju | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nzunzu | 67 | 364 | / |
| Nsunzu | 67 | 288 | / |
| Nyunyu | 67 | 242 | / |
| Nsunsu | 67 | 35 | / |
| Nyunzu | 67 | 33 | / |
| Ncuncu | 67 | 29 | / |
| Niuniu | 67 | 16 | / |
| Nhunhu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nzunsu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nzugnu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njeuncheu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njounsseu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ndjunchou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nchounjou | 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 Njunju
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