Njak Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Njak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Njak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Njak (16) may also be a first name.

Njak Last Name Facts

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

Njak (Arabic: نجاك, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﺠﺎﻙ, Hindi: ण्जाक) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Njak? popularity and diffusion

The last name Njak is the 7,117,718th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Njak reside; 43 percent reside in West Africa and 43 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Njak is also the 2,786,762nd most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 16 people.

The last name Njak is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 44,083,065. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: Central Sulawesi, where 100 percent live. Not including Indonesia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 29 percent live and Cameroon, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nijak89827/
Njake89499/
Ndjak8990/
Njack892/
N'Jak892/
Njakh891/
Ndjack8056/
Ndjake8048/
Njiake8034/
N'Djak8015/
Najhak804/
Njaake801/
Njiack801/
N'Jake801/
N'Jack801/
Najyak801/
Naijak801/
Nyak7519,205/
Njok75844/
Niak75526/
Nsak75179/
Njag7549/
Nzak7544/
Ncak7510/
Njaq752/
Njax751/
Njac751/
Nxak751/
N'Djack739/
Najjakh737/
Neujack731/
Ndjeake731/
Ndjaake731/
N'Djake731/
Njock673,342/
Nayok672,364/
Niakh672,057/
Njoke67853/
Njoek67604/
Nyack67457/
Ndjok67410/
Niack67258/
Najok6795/
Nzakt6793/
Nzake6785/
Naiok6766/
Nyoak6740/
Njeik6737/
Gnakh6735/
Niake6728/
Nshak6721/
Njouk6715/
Nyakk6713/
Nehak6713/
Niaak6710/
Gnack678/
Nyakh678/
Ndjag677/
Nijag676/
Nsake676/
Nihak674/
Ngeak673/
Niakk672/
Njokh672/
Nyakz672/
Niaks671/
Njahg671/
Neakk671/
Nsiak671/
Niadk671/
Ngnak671/
Nsack671/
Nsaak671/
Nyaak671/
Nzack671/
Nijok671/
Neđak671/
Nhyak671/
Niayk671/
Gniak671/
Njokc671/
Njohk671/
Nzeak671/

Njak Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Njak in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻧﺠﺎﻙanjak-
Njak in the Hindi language
ण्जाकnjaka-
Njak in the Arabic language
نجاكnjak-

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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 Njak
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