Njure Surname

833,931st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 331 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Njure Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Njure Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3291:140,36411,372
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Njure (18) may also be a first name.

Njure Last Name Facts

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

Njure is most common in Kenya. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Njure click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Njure? popularity and diffusion

Njure is the 833,931st most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 22,016,755 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Njure reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequent given name at a global level, borne by 18 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 329 people, or 1 in 140,364. In Kenya Njure is most common in: Nyeri County, where 41 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 25 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Njure Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Njiure911/
Njaure911/
Njeure911/
Nijure911/
Njur892/
Najhure8316/
N'Djure832/
Niure801,830/
Njura80895/
Nyure80600/
Njore80534/
Njuri80205/
Nzure8032/
Nujur8023/
Nsure8016/
Njuur8015/
Njour804/
Nejur804/
Nijur803/
Ncure802/
Gnure801/
Nojur801/
Nhure801/
Ndjeurei771/
Najhuret771/
Najore73126/
Nihure7372/
Njuiri7359/
Nijuri7353/
Nujore7338/
Nhaure7319/
Nujuri7314/
Nioure7312/
Nehure7312/
Njoree7310/
Njurai7310/
Nejjur739/
Nijore734/
Nyured734/
Njouri733/
Nsoure733/
Nzeure732/
Nijjur732/
Njaura731/
Nyurep731/
Njiuri731/
Nyuret731/
Nijour731/
Njuuri731/
Nejura731/
Nejore731/
Nojour731/
Najhur731/
Njurui731/
Ndjour731/
Njor671,036/
Ndjouri67154/
Nchurie6799/
Nsur6736/
Niur6728/
Nhur6723/
N'Youre6711/
Nsuresh6710/
Nyur679/
Najjhur679/
N'Zoure676/
Nzur675/
Najjour674/
Nihaure673/
Najorei672/
Gnur672/
Najjura671/
Njhuriy671/
Nijauri671/
N'Joura671/
Ndjuiri671/
Nehoure671/
Niaoure671/
Nyurihe671/
Nejouri671/
Najjaur671/

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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 Njure
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