Namji Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Namji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Namji (214) may also be a first name.
Namji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Namji (Hindi: नामजी, Marathi: नामजी, Tibetan: ནམས་ཇི་) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Namji? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,555,468th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Namji are found; 35 percent are found in West Africa and 28 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Namji is also the 617,781st most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 214 people.
The surname Namji is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria Namji is mostly found in: Taraba, where 100 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Namji occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in India, where 23 percent live and Tunisia, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Namji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Namji in the Tibetan language | ||
| ནམས་ཇི་ | namji | - |
| Namji in the Marathi language | ||
| नामजी | namaji | 98.46 |
| मामजी | mamaji | 0.77 |
| Namji in the Hindi language | ||
| नामजी | namaji | 57.14 |
| नमजी | namaji | 42.86 |
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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 Namji
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