Jaaffar Surname
Approximately 298 people bear this surname
Jaaffar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 262 | 1:112,573 | 7,518 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Jaaffar (168) may also be a first name.
Jaaffar Demographics
Average Jaaffar Salary in
United States
$29,975 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Jaaffar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jaaffar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jaaffar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻌﻔﺮ) is most common in Malaysia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jaaffar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 897,852nd most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 24,454,852 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Jaaffar live; 93 percent live in Southeast Asia and 89 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Jaaffar is also the 705,855th most numerous given name at a global level It is held by 168 people.
The surname Jaaffar is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is borne by 262 people, or 1 in 112,573. In Malaysia it is primarily found in: Kelantan, where 24 percent live, Selangor, where 18 percent live and Terengganu, where 17 percent live. Aside from Malaysia this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Singapore, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Jaaffar Last Name Statistics demography
Jaaffar earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 30.53% less than the national average, earning $29,975 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jaaffar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jaaffar 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 Jaaffar
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