Al Jaafar Surname
Approximately 1,457 people bear this surname
Al Jaafar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 824 | 1:23,424 | 1,651 |
| Kuwait | 530 | 1:7,171 | 1,013 |
| Lebanon | 80 | 1:70,464 | 5,013 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Yemen | 7 | 1:3,775,042 | 17,439 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Al Jaafar Demographics
Al Jaafar Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Al Jaafar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al Jaafar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Al Jaafar occurs more in Syria more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Al Jaafar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 267,955th most numerous last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 5,001,747 people. Al Jaafar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Al Jaafar live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 62 percent live in Levant.
The last name is most widely held in Syria, where it is borne by 824 people, or 1 in 23,424. In Syria Al Jaafar is primarily found in: Aleppo Governorate, where 89 percent live and Homs Governorate, where 11 percent live. Apart from Syria this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Kuwait, where 36 percent live and Lebanon, where 5 percent live.
Al Jaafar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Jafar | 94 | 355 | / |
| Al-Jaafar | 89 | 490 | / |
| Al Jaffar | 89 | 4 | / |
| Al Jafair | 89 | 1 | / |
| Al-Ja'afar | 84 | 199 | / |
| Al Hafar | 82 | 1,128 | / |
| Al Zafar | 82 | 387 | / |
| Al-Jafar | 82 | 130 | / |
| Al Safar | 82 | 101 | / |
| Al Jafor | 82 | 1 | / |
| Al Saffar | 78 | 2,020 | / |
| Al Haffar | 78 | 88 | / |
| Al-Jaffar | 78 | 7 | / |
| Al Khafar | 78 | 5 | / |
| Al Jafoor | 78 | 4 | / |
| Al Saifar | 78 | 1 | / |
| Al Safaar | 78 | 1 | / |
| Al-Safar | 71 | 77 | / |
| Al-Zafar | 71 | 36 | / |
| Al Sofar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Al-Saffar | 67 | 2,660 | / |
| Al-Haffar | 67 | 245 | / |
| Al-Safaar | 67 | 7 | / |
| Al-Zafajr | 67 | 2 | / |
| Al Hafour | 67 | 2 | / |
| Al-Zafair | 67 | 1 | / |
| Al-Chafar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Al Khafoor | 63 | 1 | / |
| Al Saffaar | 63 | 1 | / |
| Al-Khaffar | 63 | 1 | / |
| Al-Heifard | 53 | 2 | / |
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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 Al Jaafar
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