Njuwe Surname
Approximately 298 people bear this surname
Njuwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 266 | 1:665,950 | 31,085 |
| Cameroon | 28 | 1:741,752 | 52,682 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Njuwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njuwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Njuwe has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Njuwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njuwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 897,852nd most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 24,454,852 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Njuwe reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Njuwe is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 266 people, or 1 in 665,950. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 82 percent live, Edo, where 13 percent live and Rivers, where 4 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 9 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Njuweh | 91 | 11 | / |
| Njouwe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ndjouwe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Njouwet | 83 | 1 | / |
| Njowe | 80 | 1,521 | / |
| Njuwa | 80 | 170 | / |
| Njube | 80 | 152 | / |
| Nzuwe | 80 | 138 | / |
| Njauw | 80 | 69 | / |
| Njuve | 80 | 68 | / |
| Nyuwe | 80 | 6 | / |
| Njuwi | 80 | 3 | / |
| Njeuw | 80 | 1 | / |
| Njouw | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ndjouwet | 77 | 1 | / |
| Njouwett | 77 | 1 | / |
| Njubei | 73 | 81 | / |
| Nieuwe | 73 | 63 | / |
| Njouwa | 73 | 52 | / |
| Nchuwe | 73 | 32 | / |
| Neouwe | 73 | 26 | / |
| Nxauwe | 73 | 22 | / |
| Nxouwe | 73 | 17 | / |
| Nyouwe | 73 | 13 | / |
| Nsuweh | 73 | 7 | / |
| Njuwiy | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gnouwe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Njoube | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nyuweh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Njoweh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Njubeh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Njeuwa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nehuwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nyuwep | 73 | 1 | / |
| Niuwei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nzauwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nzouwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njowea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njuwai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Najowe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njuiwi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njuwwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ndjouwoue | 71 | 1 | / |
| N'Souwe | 67 | 32 | / |
| Nejuvie | 67 | 20 | / |
| Najjuwa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Neeuweh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nyuw | 67 | 3 | / |
| Niuw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngnouwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ndjouve | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ndjoowe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nchuweh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nshuwet | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Youwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njuiwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nsuuweh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gniouwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nsuw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyouweh | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Jouve | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nzuw | 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 Njuwe
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