Ja Afar Surname
Approximately 162 people bear this surname
Ja Afar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 160 | 1:1,107,142 | 45,738 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
Ja Afar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ja Afar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ja Afar is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ja Afar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,364,059th most frequently used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. Ja Afar occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ja Afar live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 160 people, or 1 in 1,107,142. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Kaduna, where 26 percent are found, Kano, where 18 percent are found and Bauchi, where 13 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Thailand, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Ja Afar
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