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 held by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

El Najjar is the 455,289th most commonly held surname globally, held by around 1 in 9,795,089 people. It occurs mostly 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 El Najjar is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is borne by 397 people, or 1 in 231,576. Aside from Egypt this surname occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 32 percent are found and Australia, where 2 percent are found.

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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  • 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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