Jafter Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Jafter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 123 | 1:440,469 | 37,524 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Jafter (304) may also be a first name.
Jafter Demographics
Average Jafter Salary in
South Africa
R 267,720
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Jafter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jafter Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jafter occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Jafter click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jafter? popularity and diffusion
Jafter is the 1,459,453rd most common last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 49,914,698 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Jafter live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 504,994th most numerous forename on earth, held by 304 people.
The surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 123 people, or 1 in 440,469. In South Africa Jafter is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 58 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 25 percent live and Gauteng, where 11 percent live. Apart from South Africa this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 8 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent live.
Jafter Last Name Statistics demography
Jafter earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 12.66% more than the national average, earning R 267,720 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jaffter | 92 | 8 | / |
| Jafther | 92 | 1 | / |
| Jafte | 91 | 2 | / |
| Hafter | 83 | 329 | / |
| Safter | 83 | 229 | / |
| Jafthe | 83 | 3 | / |
| Eafter | 83 | 3 | / |
| Jofter | 83 | 1 | / |
| Jaftes | 83 | 1 | / |
| Jaffte | 83 | 1 | / |
| Cafter | 83 | 0 | / |
| Haffter | 77 | 125 | / |
| Japhter | 77 | 24 | / |
| Jafthes | 77 | 17 | / |
| Chafter | 77 | 13 | / |
| Haifter | 77 | 9 | / |
| Safther | 77 | 2 | / |
| Hasfter | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jafta | 73 | 14,964 | / |
| Jofte | 73 | 95 | / |
| Safte | 73 | 13 | / |
| Jafti | 73 | 2 | / |
| Javte | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jaftha | 67 | 8,339 | / |
| Habter | 67 | 446 | / |
| Yafete | 67 | 297 | / |
| Saftey | 67 | 156 | / |
| Caftea | 67 | 94 | / |
| Jafhta | 67 | 68 | / |
| Saftei | 67 | 44 | / |
| Hawter | 67 | 42 | / |
| Hofter | 67 | 37 | / |
| Softer | 67 | 17 | / |
| Yafteh | 67 | 15 | / |
| Japhte | 67 | 10 | / |
| Saftie | 67 | 7 | / |
| Jaffta | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sawter | 67 | 6 | / |
| Cofter | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jaftys | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jobter | 67 | 2 | / |
| Scafte | 67 | 1 | / |
| Javthe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jatvte | 67 | 1 | / |
| Joftes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jaffti | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jabteh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zafteh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jhafta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jaftai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Caftei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Safthe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zabter | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cafthe | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Jafter
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