Najvi Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Najvi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 21 | 1:3,656,311 | 102,225 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
Najvi (464) may also be a first name.
Najvi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Najvi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Najvi (Hindi: नाजवी) has its highest incidence in Iran. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Najvi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,635,433rd most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. The surname Najvi is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Najvi are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 63 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Najvi is also the 395,684th most frequently held given name at a global level, borne by 464 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Iran, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 3,656,311. In Iran Najvi is mostly found in: Tehran Province, where 43 percent live, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 33 percent live and East Azerbaijan Province, where 5 percent live. Excluding Iran this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 37 percent live and Pakistan, where 15 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Najvi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Najvi in the Hindi language | ||
| नाजवी | najavi | 90.4 |
| नजवी | najavi | 8.61 |
| नज्वी | najvi | 0.66 |
| नजवि | najavi | 0.33 |
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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 Najvi
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