Jafon Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Jafon Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Jafon (27) may also be a first name.
Jafon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jafon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jafon is found most frequently in The Philippines. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jafon? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,360,413th most frequently held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 56 percent of Jafon reside; 44 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 44 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,036,353rd most widely held forename in the world. It is borne by 27 people.
This surname is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 25,309,556. In The Philippines Jafon is primarily concentrated in: Zamboanga Peninsula, where 75 percent are found and Soccsksargen, where 25 percent are found. Besides The Philippines this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 11 percent are found and Cameroon, where 11 percent are found.
Jafon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Jafon has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Jafon
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