Njwe Surname
Approximately 332 people bear this surname
Njwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 247 | 1:84,085 | 10,225 |
| Kenya | 83 | 1:556,384 | 26,876 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Njwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Njwe is most common in Cameroon. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Njwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 832,284th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 21,950,440 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Njwe live; 74 percent live in Central Africa and 74 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Njwe is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 247 people, or 1 in 84,085. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 66 percent live, Southwest Region, where 27 percent live and Littoral Region, where 6 percent live. Other than Cameroon Njwe occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 25 percent live and Tanzania, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Njwie | 89 | 53 | / |
| Njwee | 89 | 14 | / |
| Njweh | 89 | 3 | / |
| Njwei | 89 | 2 | / |
| Najwe | 89 | 1 | / |
| Njweu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Njw | 86 | 15 | / |
| Najwer | 80 | 529 | / |
| Nejwer | 80 | 19 | / |
| Ngujwe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Njwieh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Njue | 75 | 23,964 | / |
| Newe | 75 | 1,038 | / |
| Niwe | 75 | 105 | / |
| Nywe | 75 | 16 | / |
| Näwe | 75 | 8 | / |
| Njwa | 75 | 5 | / |
| Njbe | 75 | 3 | / |
| Njwi | 75 | 3 | / |
| Najw | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nhwe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nujw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Njve | 75 | 1 | / |
| Njwy | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nhjw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hnjw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Newey | 67 | 3,926 | / |
| Najwa | 67 | 3,696 | / |
| Nnewe | 67 | 99 | / |
| Najue | 67 | 62 | / |
| Nhewe | 67 | 42 | / |
| Neweś | 67 | 41 | / |
| Newie | 67 | 38 | / |
| Nijve | 67 | 25 | / |
| Naiwe | 67 | 22 | / |
| Neweh | 67 | 20 | / |
| Neweu | 67 | 13 | / |
| Neywe | 67 | 11 | / |
| Najwi | 67 | 11 | / |
| Niwei | 67 | 10 | / |
| Niewe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Neuwe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Neewe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Näwie | 67 | 9 | / |
| Gnewe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Njuet | 67 | 7 | / |
| Njueh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Newea | 67 | 5 | / |
| Neiwe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Gniwe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Njoue | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nyweh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Neawe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Neejw | 67 | 3 | / |
| Newei | 67 | 3 | / |
| Newez | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nejwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nywee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Najve | 67 | 1 | / |
| Newwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njwui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njuee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niweh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niwge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nywer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nihwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nojwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niwey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niwea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niwee | 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 Njwe
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