Najri Surname
Approximately 1,026 people bear this surname
Najri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 507 | 1:52,121 | 4,109 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Malaysia | 81 | 1:364,126 | 19,261 |
| Indonesia | 53 | 1:2,495,268 | 147,726 |
| India | 50 | 1:15,341,308 | 250,737 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| Iraq | 42 | 1:833,849 | 11,429 |
| Palestine | 22 | 1:206,766 | 9,351 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Najri (831) may also be a first name.
Najri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Najri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Najri (Hindi: नाजरी, Marathi: नजीर) is found in Yemen more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Najri click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Najri? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 354,583rd most frequently occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 7,102,871 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 75 percent of Najri reside; 56 percent reside in West Asia and 50 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 283,301st most commonly held forename worldwide, borne by 831 people.
The last name Najri is most frequently used in Yemen, where it is borne by 507 people, or 1 in 52,121. In Yemen Najri is most frequent in: Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 98 percent live, Sana'a Governorate, where 2 percent live and Taiz Governorate, where 0 percent live. Apart from Yemen this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 20 percent live and Malaysia, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Najri Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Najri in the Marathi language | ||
| नजीर | najira | 75 |
| नजरी | najari | 25 |
| Najri in the Hindi language | ||
| नाजरी | najari | 69.77 |
| नजरी | najari | 26.27 |
| नजरि | najari | 1.69 |
| नज्रि | najri | 0.56 |
| नाजरि | najari | 0.28 |
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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 Najri
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