Al Najim Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Bahrain

Al Najim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Najim Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen71:3,775,04217,439
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Palestine21:2,274,42417,661
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Al Najim Last Name Facts

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

Al Najim is more commonly found in Yemen than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

It is the 3,882,373rd most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 73 percent of Al Najim reside; 73 percent reside in West Asia and 58 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

The surname Al Najim is most common in Yemen, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 3,775,042. Beside Yemen it exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 15 percent are found and Sweden, where 15 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Al Naim938,709/
Al Najm9311/
Al Najem88805/
Al Nasim88451/
Al-Najim88422/
Al Naiem88368/
Al Najam885/
Al Nayim882/
Al Nujim881/
Al Nazim881/
Al-Najjim826/
Al Najoum825/
Al Nakhim821/
Al-Naim80840/
Al-Najm8027/
Al Nejm804/
Al Nain803/
Al Naem802/
Al Neam801/
Al Nayem751,532/
Al-Najem75293/
Al Nozim759/
Al-Nasim757/
Al Niyom752/
Al Nejem752/
Al Naian751/
Al-Nejim751/
Al Nosim751/
Al Neame751/
Al Nayam751/
Al Najan751/
Al-Najam751/
Al Nahian713,073/
Al Nayeem711,081/
Al Naseem713/
Al-Najeem711/
Al-Naieem711/
Al-Nadjem711/
Al Nahiun711/
Al Nahiane671/
Al Noem671/
Al-Naym671/

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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 Al Najim
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