Jafet Surname
Approximately 1,860 people bear this surname
Jafet Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 1,264 | 1:1,906 | 273 |
| Brazil | 178 | 1:1,202,665 | 41,567 |
| Nigeria | 160 | 1:1,107,142 | 45,738 |
| Tanzania | 76 | 1:696,600 | 40,185 |
| Indonesia | 68 | 1:1,944,841 | 122,869 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| France | 21 | 1:3,162,987 | 209,042 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Jafet (8,512) may also be a first name.
Jafet Demographics
Average Jafet Salary in
United States
$74,708 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Jafet Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jafet Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jafet (Bengali: জাফেত, Marathi: जाफेत, Oriya: ଜାେଫତ) has its highest incidence in Namibia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jafet? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jafet is the 219,780th most commonly occurring family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,918,035 people. The surname Jafet occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Jafet live; 68 percent live in Southern Africa and 68 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Jafet is also the 68,278th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 8,512 people.
The surname Jafet is most frequently held in Namibia, where it is held by 1,264 people, or 1 in 1,906. In Namibia it is most numerous in: Omusati Region, where 27 percent live, Ohangwena Region, where 17 percent live and Oshana Region, where 17 percent live. Barring Namibia Jafet exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 10 percent live and Nigeria, where 9 percent live.
Jafet Last Name Statistics demography
Jafet earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 73.14% more than the national average, earning $74,708 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jafet Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jafet in the Bengali language | ||
| জাফেত | japheta | - |
| Jafet in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜାେଫତ | jaephata | - |
| Jafet in the Marathi language | ||
| जाफेत | japheta | - |
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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 Jafet
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