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

The last name Njor occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Njor? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 351,873rd most numerous surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 7,034,311 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Njor reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Njor is also the 1,234,572nd most frequently held forename throughout the world, held by 63 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 816 people, or 1 in 217,087. In Nigeria Njor is most prevalent in: Cross River, where 55 percent live, Benue, where 17 percent live and Rivers, where 12 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 15 percent live and Denmark, where 5 percent live.

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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