Jafara Surname
Approximately 258 people bear this surname
Jafara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 134 | 1:1,321,961 | 52,161 |
| India | 98 | 1:7,827,198 | 166,253 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1:936,386 | 24,100 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Jafara (788) may also be a first name.
Jafara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jafara Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jafara (Bengali: জোফরা, Hindi: जाफरा, Marathi: जाफरा) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jafara? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jafara is the 993,593rd most frequently used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 28,246,302 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Jafara live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 291,981st most prevalent first name globally, borne by 788 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 1,321,961. In Nigeria Jafara is mostly found in: Kaduna, where 17 percent live, Gombe, where 16 percent live and Niger, where 11 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 14 countries. It is also found in India, where 38 percent live and Niger, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jafara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jafara in the Hindi language | ||
| जाफरा | japhara | 70 |
| जफरा | japhara | 20 |
| जफर | japhara | 5 |
| जाफारा | japhara | 2.5 |
| जफारा | japhara | 2.5 |
| Jafara in the Marathi language | ||
| जाफरा | japhara | 60 |
| जफरा | japhara | 20 |
| जाफर | japhara | 20 |
| Jafara in the Bengali language | ||
| জোফরা | jophara | 33.33 |
| জাফরা | japhara | 33.33 |
| জফরা | japhara | 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
- 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 Jafara
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