Najan

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/nəʒən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Najan is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • BRBrazil1 in 5.6M(measured from records)
  • INIndia1 in 27M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

India (measured from records)

49 people

Sources
17 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 5.6M (inferred from the name graph)

Brazil

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Najan counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Najan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India491 in 27M49Najan14
BR Brazil381 in 5.6M38——
US United States———Najan17
PH Philippines———Najan4
DE Germany———Najan10

49 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Najan is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Thai surname33 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, India

    Also written นาจาน, นาจารย์, นาจันทร์, ณะจันทร์, นาชาญ

26 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them(machine-generated)

Formalआदरणीया श्रीमती Najan जी,Respected Najan ji, (English)
Informalनमस्ते Najan जी,Hi Najan, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Najan
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—49#44,988
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—38#126,822
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—36#52,302
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—3#44,651
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—3#8,749

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Najan?
A machine transcription gives /nəʒən/ (IPA) for Hindi.
In which country does Najan have the most bearers?
In India, the national register counted about 49 people named Najan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled najan.
Where is Najan most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Najan is densest in Brazil — about 1 in 5.6 million people — even though India holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Najan?
In India, the national register counted 49 people named Najan, about 1 in 27 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Najan”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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