Negm Surname

8,966th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63,235 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Negm Surname User-submission:

An Egypt surname that belongs to a few Arabian tribes who left Arabia around 1300 years ago; known as Ansar, as per official documents, they're direct descendants from the sons of Saad ibn Obada, the ruler of Madina in 1400. They left Arabia to escape religious abuse.

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Negm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt57,4761:1,600220
Saudi Arabia5,1281:6,017838
Kuwait1451:26,2123,463
United Arab Emirates1051:87,2607,931
Bahrain1031:13,0932,472
Qatar811:29,1113,031
United States801:4,530,737237,840
Canada281:1,315,91492,927
England191:2,932,529101,561
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
France41:16,605,680368,153
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Negm (1,818) may also be a first name.

Negm Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

An Egypt surname that belongs to a few Arabian tribes who left Arabia around 1300 years ago; known as Ansar, as per official documents, they're direct descendants from the sons of Saad ibn Obada, the ruler of Madina in 1400. They left Arabia to escape religious abuse. The story around the religious issue is known as "the big fetna". They settled in Sinai and Gaza, then resettled in the Sharkya district. A Mamlouk King called Najmudean Ayoub granted them land. They called their new land "diary Negm", which means 'the home of Negm', to honour Negjmudean Ayoub. Later on they used Negm as a last name.

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This surname means 'star' in Arabic.

- nagoom

Negm Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Negm Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Negm (Hindi: नेगम) has its highest incidence in Egypt. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Negm click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Negm? popularity and diffusion

The last name Negm is the 8,966th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 115,245 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Negm are found; 91 percent are found in North Africa and 91 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Negm is also the 179,023rd most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 1,818 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is held by 57,476 people, or 1 in 1,600. Apart from Egypt this surname exists in 34 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 8 percent are found and Kuwait, where 0 percent are found.

Negm Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Negm surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Negm earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 60.69% more than the national average, earning $69,335 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.64% more than the national average, earning $58,943 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Negme89126/
Negmm894/
Neghm891/
Neigm891/
Naegm891/
Neugm891/
Nehgme8057/
Neghme8021/
Negeem802/
Neigem801/
Nigm754,444/
Nagm753,182/
Nogm752/
Naghm6712/
Naigm673/
Hnogm671/
Nnogm671/
Nagmh671/
Hnagm671/
Nigme671/
Nihgm671/
Nagmm671/
Nageem6086/
Nogeem608/
Naghmh601/
Naigeme551/

Negm Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Negm in the Hindi language
नेगमnegama66.67
नेगम़negama33.33

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