Nujoma Surname
Approximately 273 people bear this surname
Nujoma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 259 | 1:9,303 | 1,800 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Nujoma (18) may also be a first name.
Nujoma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nujoma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nujoma (Arabic: نيوما) occurs in Namibia more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nujoma? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 956,400th most frequent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,694,307 people. Nujoma is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nujoma are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Nujoma is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held given name on earth It is held by 18 people.
The surname is most numerous in Namibia, where it is held by 259 people, or 1 in 9,303. In Namibia it is mostly found in: Khomas Region, where 51 percent are found, Otjozondjupa Region, where 40 percent are found and Hardap Region, where 5 percent are found. Barring Namibia this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nujoma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nujoma in the Arabic language | ||
| نيوما | nywma | - |
| نجوما | njwma | - |
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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 Nujoma
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