Njan Surname
Approximately 1,320 people bear this surname
Njan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 628 | 1:282,074 | 15,929 |
| Indonesia | 615 | 1:215,039 | 20,166 |
| India | 36 | 1:21,307,372 | 304,812 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Njan (460) may also be a first name.
Njan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Njan (Bengali: ঞ্জন, Hindi: ंजान, Marathi: नजन, Oriya: ାନ) is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 290,184th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,520,868 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 50 percent of Njan live; 48 percent live in West Africa and 48 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Njan is also the 397,789th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 460 people.
The last name Njan is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 628 people, or 1 in 282,074. In Nigeria Njan is most frequent in: Cross River, where 89 percent are found, Enugu, where 2 percent are found and Rivers, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 47 percent are found and India, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Njan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Njan in the Bengali language | ||
| ঞ্জন | njana | - |
| Njan in the Marathi language | ||
| नजन | najana | - |
| Njan in the Hindi language | ||
| ंजान | njana | 50 |
| ंजन | njana | 33.33 |
| न्जन | njana | 16.67 |
| Njan in the Oriya language | ||
| ାନ | ana | 42.86 |
| ାନର | anara | 28.57 |
| ରଂଜନ | ranjana | 14.29 |
| ଜ୍ଞାନର | jnanara | 14.29 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Njan
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