Najjar Surname
Approximately 170,865 people bear this surname
Najjar Surname User-submission:
The meaning of the last name is 'carpenter', from the Semitic root, نجر.
Najjar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 87,313 | 1:1,053 | 145 |
| Jordan | 21,554 | 1:410 | 36 |
| Saudi Arabia | 15,185 | 1:2,032 | 235 |
| Iran | 10,602 | 1:7,242 | 1,004 |
| Libya | 8,515 | 1:733 | 162 |
| Palestine | 6,808 | 1:668 | 67 |
| Syria | 6,076 | 1:3,177 | 377 |
| Lebanon | 2,998 | 1:1,880 | 362 |
| Yemen | 2,427 | 1:10,888 | 1,331 |
| United States | 2,367 | 1:153,130 | 15,705 |
| Morocco | 1,261 | 1:27,340 | 4,350 |
| Iraq | 561 | 1:62,427 | 2,266 |
| United Arab Emirates | 526 | 1:17,419 | 2,077 |
| Kuwait | 444 | 1:8,560 | 1,174 |
| Oman | 434 | 1:8,498 | 1,173 |
| France | 421 | 1:157,774 | 24,492 |
| Bahrain | 411 | 1:3,281 | 540 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Canada | 299 | 1:123,229 | 12,908 |
| Tunisia | 255 | 1:2,395 | 294 |
| Australia | 223 | 1:121,057 | 13,326 |
| Israel | 206 | 1:41,542 | 5,651 |
| India | 198 | 1:3,874,068 | 106,327 |
| Brazil | 167 | 1:1,281,882 | 43,935 |
| Qatar | 159 | 1:14,830 | 1,610 |
| Sweden | 150 | 1:65,645 | 5,015 |
| Germany | 145 | 1:555,210 | 45,787 |
| England | 105 | 1:530,648 | 33,151 |
| Spain | 72 | 1:649,334 | 29,324 |
| Venezuela | 69 | 1:437,740 | 8,753 |
| Belgium | 69 | 1:166,618 | 22,787 |
| Netherlands | 38 | 1:444,399 | 44,765 |
| Thailand | 37 | 1:1,909,144 | 231,790 |
| Argentina | 35 | 1:1,221,240 | 71,984 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Croatia | 30 | 1:140,953 | 19,667 |
| Romania | 30 | 1:669,262 | 46,959 |
| South Africa | 26 | 1:2,083,758 | 92,464 |
| Switzerland | 22 | 1:373,314 | 28,226 |
| Wales | 19 | 1:162,870 | 11,152 |
| Finland | 18 | 1:305,372 | 22,464 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| Austria | 18 | 1:473,080 | 46,251 |
| Afghanistan | 16 | 1:2,009,574 | 14,441 |
| Denmark | 15 | 1:376,314 | 25,792 |
| Mexico | 15 | 1:8,275,080 | 36,578 |
| Poland | 12 | 1:3,167,396 | 120,990 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 7 | 1:194,854 | 9,403 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 1:956,014 | 6,058 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
Najjar (4,095) may also be a first name.
Najjar Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The meaning of the last name is 'carpenter', from the Semitic root, نجر.
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Average Najjar Salary in
United States
$55,741 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Najjar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Najjar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Najjar (Arabic: النجّار, Hindi: नज्जर, Marathi: नाार) is more commonly found in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Najjar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,294th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 42,651 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Najjar reside; 57 percent reside in North Africa and 56 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 108,746th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 4,095 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is held by 87,313 people, or 1 in 1,053. Other than Egypt this surname is found in 91 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 13 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 9 percent are found.
Najjar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Najjar last name is predominantly Greek Orthodox (33%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Najjar surname are 7.94% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 61.17% being registered with the political party.
The amount Najjar earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 109.16% more than the national average, earning R 497,052 per year; in United States they earn 29.18% more than the national average, earning $55,741 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.78% more than the national average, earning $54,045 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Najjar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Najjar in the Marathi language | ||
| नाार | naara | - |
| Najjar in the Hindi language | ||
| नज्जर | najjara | 79.17 |
| नज्जार | najjara | 18.75 |
| नज़्जार | nazjara | 2.08 |
| Najjar in the Arabic language | ||
| النجّار | alnjar | - |
| نجاّر | njar | - |
| النجار | alnjar | - |
| نجار | njar | - |
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