Nejem Surname
Approximately 381 people bear this surname
Nejem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| Syria | 15 | 1:1,286,735 | 7,466 |
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | 1:1,308,896 | 51,006 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Nejem (35) may also be a first name.
Nejem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nejem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nejem (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﺎﺟﻢ) is held by more people in Saudi Arabia than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nejem? popularity and diffusion
It is the 752,779th most widespread family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 19,127,417 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 83 percent of Nejem are found; 83 percent are found in West Asia and 77 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. Nejem is also the 1,744,716th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 35 people.
This last name is most common in Saudi Arabia, where it is borne by 278 people, or 1 in 110,992. Besides Saudi Arabia this last name exists in 24 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 5 percent reside and Syria, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nejem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nejem in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﺎﺟﻢ | najm | 62.5 |
| ﻧﺠﻢ | njm | 25 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﺎﺟﻢ | alnajm | 12.5 |
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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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- 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 Nejem
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