Jaffar Surname
Approximately 26,220 people bear this surname
Jaffar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 9,295 | 1:19,219 | 1,121 |
| Sudan | 3,640 | 1:10,305 | 1,452 |
| India | 2,122 | 1:361,482 | 19,605 |
| Malaysia | 2,025 | 1:14,565 | 1,485 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,789 | 1:17,248 | 2,391 |
| Bahrain | 1,455 | 1:927 | 109 |
| Tanzania | 1,105 | 1:47,911 | 5,371 |
| United Arab Emirates | 832 | 1:11,012 | 1,377 |
| Morocco | 443 | 1:77,824 | 13,257 |
| Singapore | 270 | 1:20,399 | 813 |
| Oman | 266 | 1:13,865 | 1,582 |
| United States | 241 | 1:1,503,979 | 102,346 |
| South Africa | 236 | 1:229,567 | 23,799 |
| Qatar | 231 | 1:10,208 | 1,127 |
| England | 230 | 1:242,252 | 19,814 |
| Kenya | 212 | 1:217,830 | 15,493 |
| Kuwait | 202 | 1:18,815 | 2,493 |
| Indonesia | 178 | 1:742,973 | 57,103 |
| France | 136 | 1:488,402 | 68,701 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Nigeria | 123 | 1:1,440,185 | 55,603 |
| Uganda | 122 | 1:319,994 | 21,696 |
| Iraq | 94 | 1:372,571 | 6,843 |
| Canada | 89 | 1:413,995 | 36,402 |
| Australia | 89 | 1:303,322 | 26,493 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 65 | 1:20,984 | 2,411 |
| Philippines | 57 | 1:1,776,109 | 113,042 |
| Romania | 47 | 1:427,189 | 34,091 |
| Mauritania | 44 | 1:93,065 | 5,851 |
| Guinea | 34 | 1:348,053 | 1,137 |
| Iran | 32 | 1:2,399,454 | 79,639 |
| Niger | 32 | 1:599,751 | 14,963 |
| Ireland | 27 | 1:174,405 | 7,679 |
| Guyana | 27 | 1:28,230 | 3,128 |
| Sweden | 25 | 1:393,870 | 27,867 |
| Brazil | 25 | 1:8,562,973 | 188,780 |
| Thailand | 25 | 1:2,825,534 | 284,782 |
| Lebanon | 24 | 1:234,878 | 9,056 |
| Senegal | 13 | 1:1,121,488 | 3,334 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| Denmark | 13 | 1:434,209 | 28,556 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| Yemen | 10 | 1:2,642,529 | 14,606 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Comoros | 9 | 1:83,280 | 279 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Grenada | 7 | 1:15,505 | 950 |
| Mauritius | 6 | 1:215,570 | 8,537 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Syria | 5 | 1:3,860,204 | 11,832 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Jaffar (47,768) may also be a first name.
Jaffar Demographics
Jaffar Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Jaffar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jaffar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jaffar (Arabic: جفار, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻌﻔﺮ, Hindi: जफ्फार, Marathi: जाफर, Oriya: ଜାଫର) occurs more in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jaffar? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 20,810th most frequent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 277,938 people. The surname Jaffar occurs mostly in Asia, where 72 percent of Jaffar are found; 44 percent are found in South Asia and 37 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 19,213th most widespread forename in the world, borne by 47,768 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Pakistan, where it is borne by 9,295 people, or 1 in 19,219. In Pakistan Jaffar is most frequent in: Punjab, where 47 percent live, Sindh, where 33 percent live and Balochistan, where 11 percent live. Besides Pakistan this last name exists in 86 countries. It also occurs in Sudan, where 14 percent live and India, where 8 percent live.
Jaffar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Jaffar has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Jaffar last name rose 23,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Jaffar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Muslim (67%) in Kenya and Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Jaffar surname are 1.71% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 51.52% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Jaffar earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 22.25% less than the national average, earning 269,070 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 15.29% more than the national average, earning R 273,972 per year; in United States they earn 9.39% less than the national average, earning $39,098 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.03% more than the national average, earning $54,167 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jaffar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jaffar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﻌﻔﺮ | jfr | - |
| Jaffar in the Marathi language | ||
| जाफर | japhara | 86.59 |
| जफर | japhara | 8.81 |
| जफार | japhara | 1.53 |
| जाफ़र | jafara | 0.77 |
| गफ़ार | gafara | 0.38 |
| जापर | japara | 0.38 |
| जाकर | jakara | 0.38 |
| जा़फर | japhara | 0.38 |
| जाफार | japhara | 0.38 |
| Jaffar in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜାଫର | japhara | 70 |
| ଜଫର | japhara | 10 |
| ଜାେଫର | jaephara | 10 |
| ଜାଫାର | japhara | 10 |
| Jaffar in the Hindi language | ||
| जफ्फार | japhphara | 45.33 |
| जफ्फर | japhphara | 31.33 |
| जफफार | japhaphara | 8.67 |
| जफफर | japhaphara | 6.67 |
| जाफर | japhara | 3.33 |
| जफर | japhara | 2.67 |
| जफ़्फार | jafphara | 0.67 |
| जफरे | japhare | 0.67 |
| जफ़्फार | jafphara | 0.67 |
| Jaffar in the Arabic language | ||
| جفار | jfar | - |
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Footnotes
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Jaffar
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