Jaffir Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Jaffir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 94 | 1:1,900,467 | 18,692 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Jaffir (161) may also be a first name.
Jaffir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jaffir Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jaffir (Hindi: जाफिर, Marathi: जफीर) is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jaffir? popularity and diffusion
Jaffir is the 1,612,213th most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. The last name Jaffir occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Jaffir live; 89 percent live in South Asia and 75 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Jaffir is also the 722,635th most frequently occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 161 people.
The last name Jaffir is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 1,900,467. In Pakistan it is mostly found in: Punjab, where 90 percent live, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 6 percent live and Sindh, where 3 percent live. Not including Pakistan this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in India, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jaffir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jaffir in the Hindi language | ||
| जाफिर | japhira | - |
| Jaffir in the Marathi language | ||
| जफीर | japhira | - |
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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
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- 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 Jaffir
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