Ja'afari Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Ja'afari Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Ja'afari Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ja'afari Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ja'afari occurs in Jordan more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ja'afari? popularity and diffusion
Ja'afari is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 86 percent of Ja'afari live; 71 percent live in West Asia and 43 percent live in Levant.
Ja'afari is most commonly occurring in Jordan, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 4,421,218. Besides Jordan it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 14 percent reside and Nigeria, where 14 percent reside.
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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
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