Njam Surname
Approximately 1,088 people bear this surname
Njam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 523 | 1:146,812 | 12,960 |
| Cameroon | 329 | 1:63,128 | 8,034 |
| Indonesia | 154 | 1:858,761 | 64,655 |
| Nigeria | 54 | 1:3,280,421 | 99,135 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Njam (153) may also be a first name.
Njam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Njam (Hindi: न्जाम, Marathi: िनजाम) is found in Iran more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 338,216th most widespread surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 6,698,112 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 64 percent of Njam reside; 50 percent reside in South Asia and 48 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 743,570th most numerous given name globally. It is borne by 153 people.
The surname Njam is most numerous in Iran, where it is held by 523 people, or 1 in 146,812. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Lorestan Province, where 84 percent are found, West Azerbaijan Province, where 6 percent are found and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, where 4 percent are found. Barring Iran this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 30 percent are found and Indonesia, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Njam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Njam in the Marathi language | ||
| िनजाम | inajama | - |
| Njam in the Hindi language | ||
| न्जाम | njama | 50 |
| नजम | najama | 50 |
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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 Njam
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