Al Najafi Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iraq
Highest density in:
Denmark

Al Najafi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Al Najafi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
England11:55,718,059489,080
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

Al Najafi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Al Najafi Come From? nationality or country of origin

Al Najafi is carried by more people in Iraq than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Al Najafi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,373,373rd most prevalent surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. Al Najafi occurs mostly in Asia, where 68 percent of Al Najafi live; 68 percent live in West Asia and 53 percent live in Levant.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Iraq, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 2,188,853. Barring Iraq Al Najafi occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 15 percent live and Yemen, where 15 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Al-Najafi8944/
Al Nasafi8919/
Al Nayafi891/
Al Nazafi891/
Al Nasaafi84284/
Al-Najaffi841/
Al Nafei821/
Al Nafea71399/
Al Nafee711/
Al Nayefy676/
Al-Nafea59200/
Al-Nayfa596/
Al-Nafee592/
Al-Nafey591/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Al Najafi
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