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 in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jaafaar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,057,639th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. Jaafaar occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Jaafaar reside; 93 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 93 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
Jaafaar is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 2,106,730. In Malaysia it is most frequent in: Kuala Lumpur, where 43 percent live, Sabah, where 36 percent live and Johor, where 7 percent live. Besides Malaysia it exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 7 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 Jaafaar
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