Nejah Surname
Approximately 108 people bear this surname
Nejah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 59 | 1:69,404 | 4,742 |
| Tunisia | 27 | 1:22,616 | 3,533 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Nèjah (1) are calculated separately.
Nejah (722) may also be a first name.
Nejah Demographics
Average Nejah Salary in
United States
$75,625 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nejah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nejah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nejah (Arabic: نيخه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﺠﺎﺡ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Nèjah. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nejah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nejah is the 1,765,740th most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Nejah reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Nejah is also the 307,094th most common first name world-wide, held by 722 people.
The last name is most common in Mauritania, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 69,404. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Assaba Region, where 61 percent reside, Gorgol Region, where 17 percent reside and Guidimagha Region, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Mauritania this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Tunisia, where 25 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.
Nejah Last Name Statistics demography
Nejah earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 75.26% more than the national average, earning $75,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nejah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nejah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻨﺠﺎﺡ | alnjah | 71.95 |
| ﻧﺠﺎﻩ | njah | 20.81 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﺠﺎﻩ | alnjah | 3.17 |
| ﻧﺠﺎﺡ | njah | 2.71 |
| ﺍﻧﺠﺎﻩ | anjah | 0.45 |
| Nejah in the Arabic language | ||
| نيخه | nykhh | - |
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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 Nejah
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