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 more frequently found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Ñajja. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Najja? popularity and diffusion
Najja is the 218,093rd most commonly used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 3,878,417 people. The surname Najja is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Najja reside; 83 percent reside in East Africa and 82 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Najja is also the 351,631st most common first name globally, held by 569 people.
Najja is most common in Uganda, where it is carried by 1,551 people, or 1 in 25,170. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Nakasongola District, where 20 percent reside, Wakiso District, where 13 percent reside and Mukono District, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Uganda this last name exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 11 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 1 percent reside.
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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