Norje Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Norje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Norjé (5) are calculated separately.
Norje (82) may also be a first name.
Norje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Norje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Norje occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Norjé. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Norje? popularity and diffusion
Norje is the 6,723,624th most frequent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Norje reside; 75 percent reside in Southern Africa and 75 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,060,447th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 82 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa Norje is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 40 percent are found, Free State, where 20 percent are found and Northern Cape, where 20 percent are found. Not including South Africa Norje exists in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 13 percent are found and The Philippines, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Norje
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