Jafran Surname
Approximately 773 people bear this surname
Jafran Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 585 | 1:35,570 | 4,375 |
| India | 57 | 1:13,457,287 | 231,997 |
| Iran | 48 | 1:1,599,636 | 62,090 |
| Pakistan | 22 | 1:8,120,177 | 43,015 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Jafran (1,254) may also be a first name.
Jafran Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jafran Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jafran (Arabic: جيفران, Hindi: जाफरान, Marathi: जाफरान, Oriya: ଜାଫରାନ) occurs most in Sri Lanka. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jafran? popularity and diffusion
It is the 442,270th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,427,614 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Jafran live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 83 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 222,929th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 1,254 people.
The last name is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 585 people, or 1 in 35,570. Outside of Sri Lanka it is found in 12 countries. It is also common in India, where 7 percent are found and Iran, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jafran Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jafran in the Marathi language | ||
| जाफरान | japharana | 75 |
| जाफरन | japharana | 25 |
| Jafran in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜାଫରାନ | japharana | 66.67 |
| ଜାଫାନ | japhana | 33.33 |
| Jafran in the Hindi language | ||
| जाफरान | japharana | 38.33 |
| जाफरन | japharana | 30.83 |
| जफरन | japharana | 15.83 |
| जफरान | japharana | 10.83 |
| जाफ़्रन | jafrana | 1.67 |
| जफरं | japharam | 0.83 |
| जाफ़रान | jafarana | 0.83 |
| Jafran in the Arabic language | ||
| جيفران | jyfran | - |
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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 Jafran
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