Jafiri Surname
Approximately 120 people bear this surname
Jafiri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 79 | 1:2,261,315 | 20,628 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Malaysia | 17 | 1:1,734,954 | 70,664 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Jafiri (238) may also be a first name.
Jafiri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jafiri Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jafiri (Hindi: जाफिरी, Marathi: जफीरी) is more frequently found in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Jafiri.
How Common Is The Last Name Jafiri? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,658,108th most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Jafiri live; 86 percent live in South Asia and 68 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 580,229th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 238 people.
It is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 2,261,315. In Pakistan Jafiri is primarily concentrated in: Sindh, where 72 percent are found and Punjab, where 28 percent are found. Aside from Pakistan Jafiri occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 18 percent are found and Malaysia, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jafiri Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jafiri in the Marathi language | ||
| जफीरी | japhiri | - |
| Jafiri in the Hindi language | ||
| जाफिरी | japhiri | 90.68 |
| जाफीरी | japhiri | 3.73 |
| जफीरी | japhiri | 2.48 |
| जफिरी | japhiri | 1.24 |
| जाफि़री | japhiri | 0.62 |
| जफिरि | japhiri | 0.62 |
| जाफिरि | japhiri | 0.62 |
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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 Jafiri
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