Ja'ffar Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Ja'ffar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Ja'ffar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ja'ffar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ja'ffar is carried by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ja'ffar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Ja'ffar are found; 83 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 83 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
The last name is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 5,898,845. In Malaysia it is most common in: Johor, where 80 percent reside and Selangor, where 20 percent reside. Barring Malaysia it exists in one country. It also occurs in Iraq, where 17 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'ffar
- 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