Njuya Surname
Approximately 440 people bear this surname
Njuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 392 | 1:117,806 | 9,903 |
| Uganda | 35 | 1:1,115,408 | 46,348 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
Njuya (15) may also be a first name.
Njuya Demographics
Njuya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Njuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Njuya is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Njuya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Njuya is the 677,464th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 16,562,604 people. The surname Njuya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Njuya live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 15 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 392 people, or 1 in 117,806. In Kenya Njuya is most numerous in: Bungoma County, where 85 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 13 percent are found and Nyeri County, where 1 percent are found. Other than Kenya Njuya exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 8 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.
Njuya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Njuya
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