Jaafai Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Jaafai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Jaafai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jaafai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jaafai is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Jaafai.
How Common Is The Last Name Jaafai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jaafai is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Jaafai is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Jaafai live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 14,747,112. In Malaysia Jaafai is most common in: Kelantan, where 50 percent reside and Kuala Lumpur, where 50 percent reside. Excluding Malaysia this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 50 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
- 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 Jaafai
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