How common is the surname Njoroge?

1,136 people in the United States had the surname Njoroge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 271,783 Americans. It ranked 22,608th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Njoroge getting more or less common?

More common. 315 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,136 in 2010, up 261%.

The surname Njoroge

A surname, carried by 1,136 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N262

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Njoroge is more common than 86.1% of them.

Origin

Borrowed from Kikuyu Njoroge.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,136 people named Njoroge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 271,783 Americans. That is up 261% since 2000, when the Census counted 315.

#22,608

rank among US surnames

1,136

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+260.6%

change since 2000 (was #59,916)

Who is named Njoroge

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Njoroge identified as Black (not Hispanic), 3.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 92%
White (not Hispanic) 3.7%
Two or more races 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Questions

Where does the surname Njoroge come from?: Borrowed from Kikuyu Njoroge.
How common is the surname Njoroge?: 1,136 people in the United States had the surname Njoroge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 271,783 Americans. It ranked 22,608th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Njoroge?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Njoroge identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Njoroge getting more or less common?: More common. 315 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,136 in 2010, up 261%.