Jafai Surname
Approximately 638 people bear this surname
Jafai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 573 | 1:134,001 | 12,168 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Jafai (54) may also be a first name.
Jafai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jafai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jafai (Hindi: जाफई, Marathi: जाफ़ाई) is found most in Iran. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Jafai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jafai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jafai is the 512,152nd most commonly held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 11,422,486 people. Jafai occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Jafai reside; 94 percent reside in South Asia and 91 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,350,955th most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 54 people.
It is most frequently held in Iran, where it is held by 573 people, or 1 in 134,001. In Iran Jafai is most common in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 28 percent are found, Tehran Province, where 12 percent are found and Golestan Province, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Iran this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 3 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jafai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jafai in the Hindi language | ||
| जाफई | japha'i | 50 |
| जफई | japha'i | 50 |
| Jafai in the Marathi language | ||
| जाफ़ाई | jafa'i | 40 |
| जाफाई | japha'i | 20 |
| जाफई | japha'i | 20 |
| जफई | japha'i | 20 |
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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 Jafai
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