Jafiya Surname
Approximately 353 people bear this surname
Jafiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 333 | 1:531,960 | 26,148 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Jafiya (799) may also be a first name.
Jafiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jafiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jafiya (Bengali: জফিয়া, Hindi: जाफिया, Marathi: जफीया) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jafiya? popularity and diffusion
Jafiya is the 796,486th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 20,644,606 people. Jafiya is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Jafiya live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 289,538th most common forename in the world. It is borne by 799 people.
Jafiya is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 333 people, or 1 in 531,960. In Nigeria Jafiya is primarily found in: Borno, where 74 percent live, Adamawa, where 13 percent live and Yobe, where 4 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 5 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jafiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jafiya in the Bengali language | ||
| জফিয়া | japhiya | 75 |
| জাফিয়া | japhiya | 25 |
| Jafiya in the Marathi language | ||
| जफीया | japhiya | 66.67 |
| जाफीया | japhiya | 29.82 |
| जािवद | jaivada | 1.75 |
| जािकया | jaikaya | 1.75 |
| Jafiya in the Hindi language | ||
| जाफिया | japhiya | 61.65 |
| जफिया | japhiya | 34.96 |
| जफीया | japhiya | 2.26 |
| जाफीया | japhiya | 1.13 |
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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 Jafiya
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