Nejam Surname
Approximately 1,409 people bear this surname
Nejam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,355 | 1:566,100 | 27,689 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Nepal | 6 | 1:4,746,826 | 12,065 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
The alternate forms: Néjam (1) are calculated separately.
Nejam (7,579) may also be a first name.
Nejam Demographics
Average Nejam Salary in
United States
$12,650 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nejam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nejam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nejam (Bengali: নেজাম, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﺠﺎﻡ, Hindi: नेजाम, Marathi: नेजाम, Oriya: େନଜାମ) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Néjam. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nejam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nejam is the 275,425th most frequently held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 5,172,140 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Nejam reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Nejam is also the 73,692nd most widely held forename world-wide, held by 7,579 people.
The surname Nejam is most common in India, where it is carried by 1,355 people, or 1 in 566,100. In India it is most numerous in: Bihar, where 90 percent live, Uttar Pradesh, where 3 percent live and Jharkhand, where 3 percent live. Outside of India this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Qatar, where 1 percent live.
Nejam Last Name Statistics demography
Nejam earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 70.68% less than the national average, earning $12,650 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nejam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nejam in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﺠﺎﻡ | njam | - |
| Nejam in the Bengali language | ||
| নেজাম | nejama | 97.14 |
| নিজাম | nijama | 2.86 |
| Nejam in the Hindi language | ||
| नेजाम | nejama | 90.91 |
| नेजम | nejama | 4.04 |
| निजाम | nijama | 3.03 |
| निजम | nijama | 1.01 |
| Nejam in the Oriya language | ||
| େନଜାମ | enajama | 70.91 |
| େନଜାମ୍ | enajam | 14.55 |
| େନଯାମ | enayama | 14.55 |
| Nejam in the Marathi language | ||
| नेजाम | nejama | 55.56 |
| िनजाम | inajama | 22.22 |
| नेजम | nejama | 22.22 |
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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 Nejam
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