Jafa Surname
Approximately 584 people bear this surname
Jafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 110 | 1:698,023 | 36,723 |
| Nigeria | 109 | 1:1,625,163 | 60,488 |
| Indonesia | 102 | 1:1,296,561 | 90,231 |
| India | 67 | 1:11,448,737 | 210,278 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Niger | 30 | 1:639,734 | 15,675 |
| Brazil | 24 | 1:8,919,764 | 194,226 |
| Thailand | 18 | 1:3,924,352 | 328,346 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
Jafa (504) may also be a first name.
Jafa Demographics
Average Jafa Salary in
United States
$58,732 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Jafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jafa (Arabic: جعفؤ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﺎﻑ, Hindi: जफा, Tibetan: རྒྱ་ཕ།) is borne by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jafa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 547,713th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 12,478,675 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 56 percent of Jafa are found; 31 percent are found in South Asia and 20 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 377,412th most frequent first name globally, held by 504 people.
The last name Jafa is most frequently used in Iran, where it is carried by 110 people, or 1 in 698,023. In Iran it is most frequent in: Tehran Province, where 37 percent live, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 33 percent live and Hormozgan Province, where 11 percent live. Apart from Iran Jafa is found in 23 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 19 percent live and Indonesia, where 17 percent live.
Jafa Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Jafa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 14.48% less than the national average, earning R 203,220 per year and in United States they earn 36.11% more than the national average, earning $58,732 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jafa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jafa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﺎﻑ | jaf | - |
| Jafa in the Tibetan language | ||
| རྒྱ་ཕ། | gyapa | - |
| Jafa in the Hindi language | ||
| जफा | japha | 80 |
| जाफा | japha | 20 |
| Jafa in the Arabic language | ||
| جعفؤ | jfw | - |
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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 Jafa
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