Abu Jafar Surname
Approximately 5,252 people bear this surname
Abu Jafar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 5,137 | 1:31,021 | 1,980 |
| Israel | 86 | 1:99,507 | 11,457 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Abu Jafar (2,005) may also be a first name.
Abu Jafar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abu Jafar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Abu Jafar occurs more in Bangladesh more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abu Jafar? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 91,169th most commonly used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,387,575 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Abu Jafar are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 168,775th most frequently used forename globally, held by 2,005 people.
This surname is most numerous in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 5,137 people, or 1 in 31,021. Not including Bangladesh this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 2 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Jaafar | 95 | 396 | / |
| Abu Jaffar | 95 | 2 | / |
| Abu Jafor | 89 | 11,445 | / |
| Abu Zafar | 89 | 2,907 | / |
| Abu Safar | 89 | 194 | / |
| Abu-Jafar | 89 | 1 | / |
| Abu Zaffar | 84 | 10 | / |
| Abu Jafour | 84 | 9 | / |
| Abu Jayfor | 84 | 1 | / |
| Abu Zafor | 78 | 4,236 | / |
| Abu-Zafar | 78 | 1 | / |
| Abu Zafour | 74 | 1 | / |
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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 Abu Jafar
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