Jaafaar Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Jaafaar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Jaafaar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jaafaar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jaafaar occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Jaafaar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jaafaar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,057,639th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name Jaafaar occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Jaafaar live; 93 percent live in Southeast Asia and 93 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
It is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 2,106,730. In Malaysia it is mostly found in: Kuala Lumpur, where 43 percent are found, Sabah, where 36 percent are found and Johor, where 7 percent are found. Other than Malaysia Jaafaar exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Jaafaar
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