Jaafara Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Jaafara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Jaafara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jaafara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jaafara (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻌﻔﺮ) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jaafara? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jaafara is the 4,532,898th most frequently held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. Jaafara occurs mostly in Asia, where 53 percent of Jaafara live; 53 percent live in Southeast Asia and 53 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 16,531,149. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: North Maluku, where 88 percent are found and Aceh, where 13 percent are found. Barring Indonesia it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 42 percent are found and Malaysia, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jaafara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jaafara in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﻌﻔﺮ | jfr | - |
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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 Jaafara
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