Jaffah Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Jaffah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jaffah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia151:293,90216,977
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Jaffah Last Name Facts

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

Jaffah is found most in Liberia. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jaffah? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,730,171st most widely held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Jaffah reside; 54 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.

Jaffah is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 293,902. In Liberia it is most common in: River Gee County, where 60 percent live, Montserrado County, where 33 percent live and Lofa County, where 7 percent live. Aside from Liberia this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 29 percent live and Malaysia, where 7 percent live.

Jaffah Last Name Statistics demography

Jaffah earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 87.79% less than the national average, earning R 29,016 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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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 Jaffah
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