The Naji surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 740 people carried this name — #31,329 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted. That is up 87% from 396 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 381 people named Naji live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 127 people named Naji.
Most of them — 110 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Yvelines.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
70 people named Naji live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
288 people named Naji is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Naji,
with a public archive behind them.
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Reza Naji 1923–1979 · military personnel -
Reza Naji 1942– · actor -
Iqbal Naji Karesly 1923–1969 · painter
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Zuhayr Nājī 1927–2024 · historian
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Zuhayr Nājī 1927–2024 · historian
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Zuhayr Nājī 1927–2024 · historian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Naji.
When the index is not enough
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