El Najjar Surname

455,289th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 744 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia

El Najjar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Najjar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt3971:231,57616,276
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Lebanon121:469,75712,312
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
France111:6,038,429280,838
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

El Najjar Last Name Facts

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

El Najjar is most common in Egypt. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

It is the 455,289th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 9,795,089 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 54 percent of El Najjar reside; 54 percent reside in North Africa and 53 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

The last name is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is carried by 397 people, or 1 in 231,576. Apart from Egypt El Najjar occurs in 21 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 32 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Najar94383/
El-Najjar89867/
El Nadjar895/
El Nejjar891/
El Nazar826/
El-Najar824/
El Nejar821/
El Nachar7841/
El Nakhar781/
El-Nadjar781/
El Nhar759/
El-Nachar6710/
El Nakhour6399/
El-Nadzhar631/
El-Nachchar601/
El-Nihar591/
El Nosour5640/

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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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  • 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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