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
The surname Jafiri (Hindi: जाफिरी, Marathi: जफीरी) occurs most in Pakistan. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Jafiri click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jafiri? popularity and diffusion
Jafiri is the 1,658,108th most frequently held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Jafiri reside; 86 percent reside in South Asia and 68 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 580,229th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 238 people.
The surname Jafiri is most widespread in Pakistan, where it is held by 79 people, or 1 in 2,261,315. In Pakistan it is most numerous in: Sindh, where 72 percent live and Punjab, where 28 percent live. Other than Pakistan this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 18 percent live and Malaysia, where 14 percent live.
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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