Jaafari Surname
Approximately 13,010 people bear this surname
Jaafari Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 9,883 | 1:3,488 | 334 |
| Pakistan | 1,528 | 1:116,914 | 3,491 |
| Saudi Arabia | 716 | 1:43,095 | 6,100 |
| France | 264 | 1:251,601 | 38,869 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Spain | 90 | 1:519,467 | 25,773 |
| United States | 88 | 1:4,118,852 | 221,730 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| United Arab Emirates | 28 | 1:327,224 | 22,758 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Iran | 10 | 1:7,678,252 | 153,484 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Syria | 3 | 1:6,433,674 | 16,197 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
The alternate forms: Jaâfari (4) are calculated separately.
Jaafari (269) may also be a first name.
Jaafari Demographics
Average Jaafari Salary in
United States
$56,784 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Jaafari Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jaafari Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jaafari (Hindi: जाफरी, Marathi: जाफरी) is borne by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Jaâfari. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jaafari? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 40,301st most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 560,150 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Jaafari live; 78 percent live in North Africa and 76 percent live in Mahgreb. Jaafari is also the 542,091st most frequently used forename worldwide. It is borne by 269 people.
The surname Jaafari is most commonly used in Morocco, where it is borne by 9,883 people, or 1 in 3,488. Apart from Morocco this last name is found in 38 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 12 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 6 percent reside.
Jaafari Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Jaafari last name are 6.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.33% registered with the party.
The amount Jaafari earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 31.6% more than the national average, earning $56,784 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.44% less than the national average, earning $35,554 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jaafari Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jaafari in the Hindi language | ||
| जाफरी | japhari | - |
| Jaafari in the Marathi language | ||
| जाफरी | japhari | - |
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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
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- 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 Jaafari
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