Jafarou Surname
Approximately 981 people bear this surname
Jafarou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 962 | 1:19,950 | 1,257 |
| Iran | 15 | 1:5,118,835 | 123,814 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Jafarou (2,749) may also be a first name.
Jafarou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jafarou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jafarou is borne by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jafarou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 367,166th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,428,691 people. The surname Jafarou occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Jafarou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Jafarou is also the 139,411th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 2,749 people.
Jafarou is most commonly held in Niger, where it is held by 962 people, or 1 in 19,950. In Niger Jafarou is primarily found in: Maradi Region, where 48 percent reside, Tahoua Region, where 24 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 21 percent reside. Other than Niger Jafarou is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 2 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Jafarou
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