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 last name Ja'ffar has its highest incidence in Malaysia. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ja'ffar.
How Common Is The Last Name Ja'ffar? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Ja'ffar reside; 83 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 83 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
It is most commonly used in Malaysia, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 5,898,845. In Malaysia it is most frequent in: Johor, where 80 percent live and Selangor, where 20 percent live. Other than Malaysia it occurs in one country. It is also common in Iraq, where 17 percent live.
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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'ffar
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