Nazir Surname
Approximately 270,408 people bear this surname
Nazir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 168,161 | 1:1,062 | 168 |
| Afghanistan | 22,587 | 1:1,424 | 175 |
| Bangladesh | 12,436 | 1:12,814 | 1,018 |
| India | 11,044 | 1:69,455 | 4,708 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9,063 | 1:3,405 | 453 |
| Syria | 6,788 | 1:2,843 | 336 |
| Nigeria | 4,921 | 1:35,997 | 2,918 |
| Malaysia | 4,462 | 1:6,610 | 830 |
| England | 4,170 | 1:13,362 | 1,967 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4,061 | 1:2,256 | 284 |
| Libya | 3,406 | 1:1,833 | 558 |
| Egypt | 3,020 | 1:30,442 | 3,307 |
| Indonesia | 2,581 | 1:51,240 | 5,736 |
| Iraq | 1,996 | 1:17,546 | 1,085 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,535 | 1:13,556 | 1,941 |
| United States | 1,166 | 1:310,857 | 28,493 |
| Kuwait | 1,138 | 1:3,340 | 441 |
| Ghana | 762 | 1:35,460 | 4,134 |
| Qatar | 677 | 1:3,483 | 349 |
| Iran | 607 | 1:126,495 | 11,651 |
| Turkey | 582 | 1:133,714 | 10,883 |
| Bahrain | 470 | 1:2,869 | 480 |
| Canada | 464 | 1:79,409 | 8,889 |
| Kenya | 355 | 1:130,084 | 10,701 |
| Oman | 343 | 1:10,752 | 1,359 |
| Suriname | 339 | 1:1,630 | 167 |
| Tanzania | 300 | 1:176,472 | 15,403 |
| Spain | 261 | 1:179,127 | 12,673 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| France | 231 | 1:287,544 | 44,088 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| South Africa | 168 | 1:322,486 | 30,363 |
| Netherlands | 163 | 1:103,602 | 16,760 |
| Mauritius | 147 | 1:8,799 | 1,852 |
| Scotland | 132 | 1:40,559 | 3,794 |
| Guyana | 110 | 1:6,929 | 1,147 |
| Singapore | 90 | 1:61,197 | 2,397 |
| Australia | 87 | 1:310,295 | 26,919 |
| Hong Kong | 84 | 1:87,327 | 1,583 |
| Kazakhstan | 83 | 1:213,042 | 19,554 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 77 | 1:17,714 | 2,152 |
| Germany | 71 | 1:1,133,880 | 74,985 |
| Niger | 57 | 1:336,702 | 9,822 |
| Norway | 57 | 1:90,216 | 12,446 |
| Russia | 56 | 1:2,573,626 | 147,394 |
| Chile | 55 | 1:320,300 | 9,085 |
| Sudan | 49 | 1:765,514 | 2,614 |
| Denmark | 48 | 1:117,598 | 10,848 |
| Ireland | 41 | 1:114,852 | 5,857 |
| Greece | 41 | 1:270,239 | 40,426 |
| Mozambique | 36 | 1:757,266 | 1,613 |
| Sweden | 34 | 1:289,610 | 20,124 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Thailand | 28 | 1:2,522,798 | 271,580 |
| Israel | 25 | 1:342,305 | 28,607 |
| Wales | 25 | 1:123,781 | 9,267 |
| Uganda | 23 | 1:1,697,360 | 58,907 |
| Brazil | 20 | 1:10,703,717 | 220,519 |
| Italy | 19 | 1:3,218,773 | 100,309 |
| Maldives | 17 | 1:23,775 | 1,460 |
| Myanmar | 16 | 1:3,246,124 | 792 |
| Northern Cyprus | 16 | 1:19,938 | 5,097 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 11 | 1:542,969 | 40,072 |
| China | 10 | 1:136,732,157 | 7,199 |
| Colombia | 10 | 1:4,777,407 | 17,975 |
| New Zealand | 10 | 1:452,832 | 31,784 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Azerbaijan | 7 | 1:1,378,446 | 18,562 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Brunei | 2 | 1:209,366 | 3,098 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
The alternate forms: Näzir (1) are calculated separately.
Nazir (591,043) may also be a first name.
Nazir Demographics
Nazir Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nazir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nazir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nazir (Arabic: لناظر, Bengali: নাজির, Georgian: ნაზირ, Hindi: नाजिर, Marathi: नजीर, Oriya: ନାଜିର, Russian: Назир) is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Näzir. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nazir? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nazir is the 2,028th most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,950 people. Nazir is mostly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Nazir live; 80 percent live in South Asia and 78 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Nazir is also the 1,686th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 591,043 people.
The last name Nazir is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is held by 168,161 people, or 1 in 1,062. In Pakistan it is most common in: Punjab, where 77 percent live, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 11 percent live and Sindh, where 6 percent live. Not including Pakistan it exists in 111 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 8 percent live and Bangladesh, where 5 percent live.
Nazir Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Muslim (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (98%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Nazir last name are 0.75% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.98% being registered with the political party.
The amount Nazir earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 32.73% less than the national average, earning 232,796 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 35.86% less than the national average, earning R 152,412 per year; in Colombia they earn 26.99% less than the national average, earning $16,574,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 17.25% more than the national average, earning $50,592 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.49% more than the national average, earning $50,918 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nazir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nazir in the Georgian language | ||
| ნაზირ | nazir | - |
| Nazir in the Bengali language | ||
| নাজির | najira | - |
| Nazir in the Oriya language | ||
| ନାଜିର | najira | 54.76 |
| ନଜିର | najira | 26.19 |
| ନଜିର୍ | najir | 7.14 |
| ନାଜୀର | najira | 4.76 |
| ନାଜିର୍ | najir | 2.38 |
| ନଜୀର | najira | 2.38 |
| ନାଶିର | nasira | 2.38 |
| Nazir in the Hindi language | ||
| नाजिर | najira | 45.61 |
| नज़ीर | nazira | 23.98 |
| नजीर | najira | 11.7 |
| नज़ीर | nazira | 5.56 |
| नाज़िर | nazira | 4.82 |
| नाजि़र | najira | 3.07 |
| नाज़िर | nazira | 2.05 |
| नाजीर | najira | 1.75 |
| नाज़ीर | nazira | 0.58 |
| नजिर | najira | 0.29 |
| नज़ी़र | nazira | 0.15 |
| नज़ीऱ़ | nazira | 0.15 |
| Nazir in the Marathi language | ||
| नजीर | najira | 34.6 |
| नझीर | najhira | 26.48 |
| नािझर | naijhara | 10.73 |
| नािजर | naijara | 9.85 |
| नाझीर | najhira | 8.43 |
| नाजीर | najira | 3.6 |
| नज़ीर | nazira | 1.49 |
| नसीर | nasira | 0.61 |
| नासीर | nasira | 0.31 |
| नबी | nabi | 0.31 |
| अमीर | amira | 0.19 |
| नाज़ीर | nazira | 0.15 |
| नशीर | nasira | 0.08 |
| नमीर | namira | 0.08 |
| नजी | naji | 0.04 |
| नदीर | nadira | 0.04 |
| नादीर | nadira | 0.04 |
| नजी़र | najira | 0.04 |
| आमीर | amira | 0.04 |
| ़नजीर | najira | 0.04 |
| नाबीर | nabira | 0.04 |
| नानीर | nanira | 0.04 |
| Nazir in the Russian language | ||
| Назир | nazir | - |
| Nazir in the Arabic language | ||
| لناظر | lnazr | - |
| نُظير | nuzyr | - |
| ناظير | nazyr | - |
| ناظر | nazr | - |
| نـزير | nzyr | - |
| نظير | nzyr | - |
| نزير | nzyr | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nazir
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