Jafat Surname
Approximately 2,933 people bear this surname
Jafat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 2,856 | 1:12,262 | 894 |
| Indonesia | 36 | 1:3,673,589 | 193,360 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Jafat (378) may also be a first name.
Jafat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jafat Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jafat (Arabic: جافات, Hindi: जफात, Marathi: जाफत, Oriya: ଜାଫତ, Tibetan: ཇ་ཕཱཏ་) occurs more in Iraq more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jafat? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 150,391st most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,484,673 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Jafat are found; 98 percent are found in West Asia and 97 percent are found in Levant. Jafat is also the 446,161st most frequent first name world-wide, held by 378 people.
This surname is most frequent in Iraq, where it is carried by 2,856 people, or 1 in 12,262. Aside from Iraq this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jafat Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jafat in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜାଫତ | japhata | - |
| Jafat in the Marathi language | ||
| जाफत | japhata | - |
| Jafat in the Hindi language | ||
| जफात | japhata | 53.85 |
| जाफत | japhata | 38.46 |
| जफत | japhata | 7.69 |
| Jafat in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཇ་ཕཱཏ་ | japata | 50 |
| ཇཱ་ཕད་ | japé | 50 |
| Jafat in the Arabic language | ||
| جافات | jafat | - |
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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 Jafat
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