Najime Surname
Approximately 1,716 people bear this surname
Najime Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,417 | 1:125,013 | 8,200 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Mauritania | 23 | 1:178,038 | 9,291 |
| Niger | 23 | 1:834,436 | 19,133 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Najime (430) may also be a first name.
Najime Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Najime Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Najime (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﺎﺟﻢ, Hindi: नजीमे, Marathi: नाजीमे) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Najime? popularity and diffusion
It is the 234,672nd most common last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 4,246,822 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Najime are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 413,955th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 430 people.
Najime is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,417 people, or 1 in 125,013. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 95 percent are found, Taraba, where 2 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 14 percent are found and Mauritania, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Najime Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Najime in the Marathi language | ||
| नाजीमे | najime | - |
| Najime in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﺎﺟﻢ | najm | 85.71 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﺎﺟﻢ | alnajm | 14.29 |
| Najime in the Hindi language | ||
| नजीमे | najime | 50 |
| नाजिम | najima | 25 |
| नजिमे | najime | 25 |
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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 Najime
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