View the most religious surnames in Lebanon

Where Does The Last Name Najafi Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Najafi (Arabic: نجفي, Hindi: नजाफी, Marathi: नजफी) has its highest incidence in Iran. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Najafi? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 3,103^rd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 40,041 people. The last name Najafi is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Najafi live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Najafi is also the 105,194^th most frequently used forename internationally It is held by 4,321 people.

The last name is most numerous in Iran, where it is carried by 179,197 people, or 1 in 428. In Iran it is most frequent in: Tehran Province, where 17 percent live, Fars Province, where 7 percent live and East Azerbaijan Province, where 6 percent live. Not including Iran this last name is found in 64 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Najafi Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Shiite (100%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Najafi surname are 6.42% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.19% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Najafi earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 20.86% less than the national average, earning 273,890 kr per year; in United States they earn 36.79% more than the national average, earning $59,023 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.53% more than the national average, earning $54,914 CAD per year.