Ja'far Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Ja'far Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 26 | 1:1,134,393 | 49,681 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Ja'far (245) may also be a first name.
Ja'far Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ja'far Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ja'far occurs in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ja'far? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,168,711th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 78 percent of Ja'far live; 62 percent live in Southeast Asia and 62 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 570,604th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 245 people.
The last name Ja'far is most widespread in Malaysia, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 1,134,393. In Malaysia Ja'far is primarily found in: Johor, where 31 percent reside, Selangor, where 27 percent reside and Negeri Sembilan, where 15 percent reside. Besides Malaysia it occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 29 percent reside and Egypt, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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'far
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis