Nejla Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Nejla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
The alternate forms: Néjla (1) are calculated separately.
Nejla (58,879) may also be a first name.
Nejla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nejla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nejla (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﺠﻠﻪ) is borne by more people in Tunisia than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Néjla. For other potential spellings of Nejla click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nejla? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,427,875th most commonly held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Nejla occurs mostly in Africa, where 35 percent of Nejla reside; 20 percent reside in North Africa and 20 percent reside in Mahgreb. Nejla is also the 16,113th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 58,879 people.
The last name Nejla is most common in Tunisia, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 152,656. Excluding Tunisia this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in India, where 15 percent reside and Mauritania, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nejla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nejla in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻨﺠﻠﻪ | alnjlh | 38.46 |
| ﻧﺠﻼﺀ | njla | 19.23 |
| ﻧﺠﻠﻪ | njlh | 19.23 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﺠﻠﺔ | alnjlt | 7.69 |
| ﻧﺠﻼ | njla | 3.85 |
| ﻧﺠﻠﻲ | njly | 3.85 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﺠﻞ | alnjl | 3.85 |
| ﺍﻧﺠﻠﻪ | anjlh | 3.85 |
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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 Nejla
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