Naja Forename
30,722nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 26,397 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Greenland
Naja Forename User-submission:
The name Naja means 'younger sister of an older brother' in Greenlandic.
Naja Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 5,871 | 1:30,244 | 2,659 |
| India | 61% | 4,564 | 1:266,187 | 25,622 |
| Yemen | - | 4,265 | 1:6,166 | 562 |
| Indonesia | 64% | 1,927 | 1:133,868 | 14,173 |
| Denmark | - | 1,569 | 1:3,601 | 486 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 1,182 | 1:2,080 | 374 |
| Tanzania | 89% | 724 | 1:72,912 | 4,635 |
| Egypt | 64% | 694 | 1:132,422 | 5,546 |
| Syria | - | 682 | 1:28,308 | 1,272 |
| United States | 96% | 669 | 1:541,909 | 13,936 |
| Lebanon | 78% | 578 | 1:9,736 | 1,026 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 501 | 1:41,515 | 4,680 |
| Malaysia | 95% | 375 | 1:81,200 | 6,046 |
| Greenland | - | 320 | 1:176 | 24 |
| Pakistan | 91% | 283 | 1:686,776 | 14,032 |
| Brazil | 100% | 258 | 1:830,373 | 23,102 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Oman | 87% | 228 | 1:18,020 | 1,589 |
| Morocco | - | 218 | 1:157,563 | 4,496 |
| Iraq | 100% | 97 | 1:361,009 | 4,694 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| Nepal | 56% | 95 | 1:299,867 | 10,932 |
| Qatar | 100% | 92 | 1:25,757 | 3,566 |
| Niger | 100% | 85 | 1:225,694 | 6,120 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 80 | 1:89,400 | 7,339 |
| Philippines | 95% | 65 | 1:1,630,915 | 38,369 |
| DR Congo | 63% | 55 | 1:1,342,320 | 36,691 |
| Thailand | 88% | 48 | 1:1,459,704 | 46,344 |
| Cambodia | 62% | 41 | 1:396,910 | 9,437 |
| Serbia | 100% | 40 | 1:178,643 | 3,427 |
| Germany | 80% | 37 | 1:2,612,916 | 13,583 |
| Sweden | 100% | 32 | 1:308,060 | 9,282 |
| England | 100% | 28 | 1:1,985,819 | 25,430 |
| Palestine | 88% | 28 | 1:162,502 | 2,216 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 27 | 1:130,535 | 3,170 |
| Mauritania | 94% | 27 | 1:151,676 | 5,042 |
| Croatia | 100% | 22 | 1:191,685 | 3,419 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 22 | 1:28,844 | 1,765 |
| Norway | 100% | 21 | 1:244,397 | 5,727 |
| France | 100% | 16 | 1:4,154,396 | 18,164 |
| Kosovo | - | 15 | 1:124,096 | 6,158 |
| Switzerland | 89% | 15 | 1:547,566 | 8,396 |
| Afghanistan | 80% | 14 | 1:2,330,251 | 19,281 |
| Maldives | 100% | 14 | 1:30,993 | 1,167 |
| Jordan | 83% | 11 | 1:802,434 | 4,728 |
| Canada | - | 9 | 1:3,681,486 | 43,248 |
| Ghana | 100% | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Albania | 100% | 6 | 1:507,762 | 18,007 |
| Australia | - | 6 | 1:2,276,270 | 19,652 |
| Venezuela | - | 6 | 1:5,033,649 | 67,876 |
| Papua New Guinea | 75% | 5 | 1:1,630,463 | 100,826 |
| Belgium | 100% | 4 | 1:2,872,510 | 22,632 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,282 | 1,318 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| South Africa | 100% | 4 | 1:13,633,162 | 197,070 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Uganda | 67% | 4 | 1:10,239,230 | 65,177 |
| Congo | 50% | 3 | 1:1,669,735 | 30,542 |
| Italy | 83% | 3 | 1:20,354,030 | 45,650 |
| Spain | - | 3 | 1:15,509,988 | 21,126 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 3 | 1:7,923,227 | 99,341 |
| Wales | - | 3 | 1:1,031,436 | 10,092 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 2 | 1:10,805,252 | 86,897 |
| China | - | 2 | 1:683,027,891 | 94,999 |
| Czechia | 97% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Mexico | 100% | 2 | 1:62,072,214 | 96,650 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2 | 1:8,451,042 | 32,813 |
| Russia | 100% | 2 | 1:72,116,852 | 125,484 |
| Scotland | - | 2 | 1:2,675,183 | 18,328 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 2 | 1:680,710 | 23,658 |
| Ireland | - | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Chile | 100% | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Israel | 50% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
The alternate forms: Nâja (7), Najá (2) & Nája (1) are calculated separately.
Naja (13,478) may also be a surname.
Naja Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name Naja means 'younger sister of an older brother' in Greenlandic.
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