El-Najjar Surname

404,308th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 867 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El-Najjar Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El & Najjar.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El-Najjar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt6101:150,71411,610
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Lebanon51:1,127,41717,983
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

El-Najjar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El-Najjar Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname El-Najjar is held by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name El-Najjar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 404,308th most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 8,405,474 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 70 percent of El-Najjar reside; 70 percent reside in North Africa and 70 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

The surname is most numerous in Egypt, where it is carried by 610 people, or 1 in 150,714. Aside from Egypt this surname occurs in 17 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 23 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

El-Najjar Last Name Statistics demography

El-Najjar earn a lot less than the average income. In Canada they earn 49.96% less than the national average, earning $24,862 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El-Najar944/
El Najjar89744/
El-Nadjar891/
El Najar82383/
El-Nachar7810/
El Nadjar785/
El Nejjar781/
El-Nadzhar741/
El Nazar716/
El-Nihar711/
El Nejar711/
El-Nachchar701/
El Nachar6741/
El Nakhar671/
El Nhar639/
El Nakhour5399/

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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 El-Najjar
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