Jafia Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Jafia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Jáfia (2) are calculated separately.
Jafia (523) may also be a first name.
Jafia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jafia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jafia (Oriya: ଜାଫିଆ) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant: Jáfia. Click here for other potential spellings of Jafia.
How Common Is The Last Name Jafia? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jafia is the 2,689,253rd most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Jafia reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Jafia is also the 369,131st most frequently used forename worldwide It is held by 523 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Borno, where 76 percent reside, Adamawa, where 3 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 3 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 38 percent reside and Brazil, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jafia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jafia in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜାଫିଆ | japhi'a | - |
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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 Jafia
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