Jafars Surname

1,746,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Jafars Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jafars Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1061:1,247,63487,669
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Jafars (20) may also be a first name.

Jafars Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jafars Come From? nationality or country of origin

Jafars occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Jafars.

How Common Is The Last Name Jafars? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,746,159th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Jafars are found; 96 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 96 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Jafars is also the 2,446,817th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 20 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 106 people, or 1 in 1,247,634. In Indonesia Jafars is mostly found in: West Java, where 94 percent live and South Sumatra, where 6 percent live. Besides Indonesia this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jafarst929/
Jaffars920/
Ja'afars861/
Safars8312/
Zafars834/
Jaffers7764/
Jatfors771/
Hajfars771/
Safarsh771/
Seafars770/
Scafars770/
Zatfarsh711/
Saffairs710/
Jöfors678/
Jofors672/
Joffers6237/
Cajfors622/
Savfors621/
Seafors620/
Hoffars620/
Hassfors571/
Jouffers571/

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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 Jafars
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