Najja Surname
Approximately 1,879 people bear this surname
Najja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,551 | 1:25,170 | 3,572 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Afghanistan | 28 | 1:1,148,328 | 10,363 |
| Pakistan | 20 | 1:8,932,194 | 45,447 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
The alternate forms: Ñajja (1) are calculated separately.
Najja (569) may also be a first name.
Najja Demographics
Average Najja Salary in
United States
$40,661 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Najja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Najja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Najja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﺎﺟﻴﻪ, Hindi: नज्जा) is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Ñajja. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Najja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Najja is the 218,093rd most frequently held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 3,878,417 people. Najja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Najja live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 82 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 351,631st most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 569 people.
The surname Najja is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is held by 1,551 people, or 1 in 25,170. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Nakasongola District, where 20 percent live, Wakiso District, where 13 percent live and Mukono District, where 7 percent live. Beside Uganda Najja exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 11 percent live and Afghanistan, where 1 percent live.
Najja Last Name Statistics demography
Najja earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.77% less than the national average, earning $40,661 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Najja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Najja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻨﺎﺟﻴﻪ | alnajyh | - |
| Najja in the Hindi language | ||
| नज्जा | najja | 92.19 |
| नाजजा | najaja | 4.69 |
| नाज्जा | najja | 3.13 |
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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 Najja
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