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 found in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ja'ffar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,593,402nd most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Ja'ffar reside; 83 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 83 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
The last name Ja'ffar is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 5,898,845. In Malaysia Ja'ffar is mostly concentrated in: Johor, where 80 percent reside and Selangor, where 20 percent reside. Other than Malaysia it exists in one country. It is also common in Iraq, where 17 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ja'ffar
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