Jafees Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Jafees Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Jafees (27) may also be a first name.
Jafees Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jafees Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jafees occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jafees? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jafees is the 7,117,718th most numerous family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Jafees live; 86 percent live in South Asia and 86 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently occurring given name at a global level, borne by 27 people.
This surname is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 127,844,230. In India it is mostly found in: Kerala, where 67 percent are found and Pondicherry, where 17 percent are found. Apart from India this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Iraq, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Jafees
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis