Jafour Surname
Approximately 554 people bear this surname
Jafour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 409 | 1:84,294 | 14,399 |
| Yemen | 126 | 1:209,725 | 8,755 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Jafour (29) may also be a first name.
Jafour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jafour Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jafour occurs most in Morocco. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Jafour.
How Common Is The Last Name Jafour? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 569,728th most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 13,154,415 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Jafour are found; 74 percent are found in North Africa and 74 percent are found in Mahgreb. Jafour is also the 1,951,561st most frequently used forename internationally, held by 29 people.
The last name Jafour is most frequent in Morocco, where it is held by 409 people, or 1 in 84,294. Not including Morocco it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 23 percent are found and Iran, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Jafour
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