Jafna Surname
Approximately 232 people bear this surname
Jafna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 204 | 1:648,280 | 50,804 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Jafna (394) may also be a first name.
Jafna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jafna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jafna (Hindi: जाफना) is most common in Indonesia. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jafna? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jafna is the 1,070,546th most frequent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 31,411,836 people. The last name Jafna is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Jafna reside; 88 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 88 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Jafna is also the 435,477th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 394 people.
This surname is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 204 people, or 1 in 648,280. In Indonesia Jafna is primarily found in: East Java, where 98 percent live and Aceh, where 2 percent live. Beside Indonesia Jafna exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 8 percent live and Sri Lanka, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jaffna | 91 | 2,203 | / |
| Djafna | 91 | 256 | / |
| Jafnaz | 91 | 1 | / |
| Jafnas | 91 | 1 | / |
| Jafnad | 91 | 1 | / |
| Jafnaa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Safna | 80 | 720 | / |
| Jafni | 80 | 123 | / |
| Hafna | 80 | 61 | / |
| Jafne | 80 | 4 | / |
| Jafny | 80 | 2 | / |
| Yafna | 80 | 1 | / |
| Zafna | 80 | 1 | / |
| Safnah | 73 | 108 | / |
| Hafnah | 73 | 21 | / |
| Hafnas | 73 | 17 | / |
| Jafner | 73 | 14 | / |
| Jaffni | 73 | 8 | / |
| Hafnaz | 73 | 3 | / |
| Chafna | 73 | 2 | / |
| Safnaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jafnny | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jafnii | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jafnie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jafnes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zafnas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khafna | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jafniz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jafney | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hafnat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jafnee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Djoufna | 67 | 43 | / |
| Saufnay | 67 | 41 | / |
| Saufnai | 67 | 15 | / |
| Jaffney | 67 | 4 | / |
| Chafnaj | 67 | 4 | / |
| Safinna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zafnath | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jaufner | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yafenna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jaffner | 67 | 1 | / |
| Caffnay | 67 | 0 | / |
Jafna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jafna in the Hindi language | ||
| जाफना | japhana | 84.62 |
| जफना | japhana | 15.38 |
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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 Jafna
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