Najwan Surname
Approximately 1,006 people bear this surname
Najwan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 763 | 1:25,296 | 1,724 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Iraq | 47 | 1:745,142 | 10,632 |
| Malaysia | 33 | 1:893,764 | 40,799 |
| Indonesia | 28 | 1:4,723,186 | 228,527 |
| Yemen | 7 | 1:3,775,042 | 17,439 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Najwan (9,943) may also be a first name.
Najwan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Najwan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Najwan (Arabic: نجوان, Hindi: नजवन) is more commonly found in Syria than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Najwan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Najwan? popularity and diffusion
Najwan is the 360,039th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 7,244,081 people. Najwan occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Najwan live; 81 percent live in West Asia and 81 percent live in Levant. Najwan is also the 61,467th most numerous first name globally, borne by 9,943 people.
This surname is most common in Syria, where it is carried by 763 people, or 1 in 25,296. In Syria it is most common in: Damascus Governorate, where 100 percent live. Not including Syria it occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 12 percent live and Iraq, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Najwan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Najwan in the Hindi language | ||
| नजवन | najavana | - |
| Najwan in the Arabic language | ||
| نجوان | njwan | - |
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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 Najwan
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