Jafes Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Jafes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 145 | 1:365,115 | 26,840 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
Jafes (310) may also be a first name.
Jafes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jafes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jafes occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jafes? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,453,389th most frequently occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Jafes are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Jafes is also the 499,178th most prevalent forename at a global level, borne by 310 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 145 people, or 1 in 365,115. In Tanzania Jafes is most frequent in: Kagera Region, where 97 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 3 percent reside. Other than Tanzania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 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
- 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 Jafes
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