Njor Surname

351,873rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,036 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Denmark

Njor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Njor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8161:217,08712,866
Kenya1591:290,44018,686
Denmark511:110,68110,317
Liberia61:734,75629,369
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Njor (63) may also be a first name.

Njor Last Name Facts

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

Njor is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Njor? popularity and diffusion

The surname Njor is the 351,873rd most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 7,034,311 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Njor are found; 79 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Njor is also the 1,234,572nd most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 63 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 816 people, or 1 in 217,087. In Nigeria Njor is mostly concentrated in: Cross River, where 55 percent are found, Benue, where 17 percent are found and Rivers, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 15 percent are found and Denmark, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Najor89688/
Njore89534/
Nojor89354/
Njord89113/
Nijor8938/
Njoor8916/
Njorh8915/
Njour894/
Njior894/
Nujor892/
Nejor891/
Njosr891/
Ndjore80185/
Nijjor809/
Najjor804/
Nijore804/
Naajor803/
Nejhor801/
Nnajor801/
Ndjour801/
Nojour801/
Nijour801/
Nsor753,010/
Nyor752,661/
Neor75901/
Njar75832/
Nzor75377/
Nhor75138/
Nior75120/
Gnor7543/
Njur752/
N'Djore732,506/
Najjour734/
Nnaijor731/
Neujohr730/
Nihor673,962/
Nchor672,056/
Nijar671,410/
Nsour67640/
Niort67599/
Nayor67479/
Njure67331/
Naior67220/
Njjar67204/
Niord67171/
Neyor67152/
Ngior6759/
Niore6756/
Neior6742/
Gnore6737/
Neorr6730/
Nzoor6730/
Nehor6729/
Nyoor6729/
Nujur6723/
Nzore6721/
Neorh6720/
Njare6717/
Niour6716/
Njuur6715/
Neeor6711/
Njard677/
Njhar676/
Neore676/
Nuyor676/
Ndjar675/
Nyour674/
Nioor674/
Nejur674/
Noior674/
Noyor674/
Nijur673/
Nsorh673/
Nsore672/
Neour672/
Gnour671/
Nojur671/
Noiur671/
Neord671/
Nyhor671/
Neaujour671/
Niorr671/
Nsort671/
Njarh671/
Nyorh671/
Nieor671/
Nyorr671/
Nnyor671/
Nsoor671/
Nhour671/
Njart671/
Nuior670/
Gnoir670/
Gnorr670/
Neohr670/

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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 Njor
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