Jabes Surname
Approximately 1,247 people bear this surname
Jabes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 680 | 1:25,175 | 3,828 |
| France | 263 | 1:252,558 | 39,013 |
| Kenya | 65 | 1:710,460 | 30,267 |
| Nigeria | 49 | 1:3,615,158 | 105,602 |
| United States | 46 | 1:7,879,542 | 351,394 |
| Chile | 40 | 1:440,412 | 11,644 |
| Brazil | 29 | 1:7,381,874 | 170,034 |
| Italy | 11 | 1:5,559,699 | 110,230 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Peru | 9 | 1:3,531,569 | 31,288 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Jabès (9) are calculated separately.
Jabes (4,073) may also be a first name.
Jabes Demographics
Average Jabes Salary in
United States
$71,113 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Jabes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jabes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jabes (Hindi: जाबेस, Marathi: जबेस, Oriya: ଯାେବସ) has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may also be found as a variant: Jabès. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jabes? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 303,968th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,844,062 people. Jabes occurs predominantly in Africa, where 65 percent of Jabes live; 56 percent live in Southern Africa and 56 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Jabes is also the 109,141st most common first name on earth, borne by 4,073 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is carried by 680 people, or 1 in 25,175. Aside from Malawi this last name is found in 29 countries. It is also common in France, where 21 percent are found and Kenya, where 5 percent are found.
Jabes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Jabes has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Jabes surname expanded 511 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Jabes Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Jabes surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Jabes surname are 0.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.33% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Jabes earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 28.63% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,835 per year and in United States they earn 64.81% more than the national average, earning $71,113 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jabes Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jabes in the Oriya language | ||
| ଯାେବସ | yaebasa | 75 |
| ଜାେବସ | jaebasa | 25 |
| Jabes in the Hindi language | ||
| जाबेस | jabesa | 66.67 |
| जबेश | jabesa | 33.33 |
| Jabes in the Marathi language | ||
| जबेस | jabesa | 66.67 |
| जाबेस | jabesa | 33.33 |
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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 Jabes
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