Jahafa Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

Jahafa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jahafa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Jahafa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jahafa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Jahafa (Hindi: जहा) is found most frequently in Yemen. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Jahafa.

How Common Is The Last Name Jahafa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Jahafa is the 6,063,924th most frequent family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Jahafa occurs mostly in Asia, where 60 percent of Jahafa live; 50 percent live in West Asia and 50 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

This surname is most numerous in Yemen, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 5,285,059. Not including Yemen it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 30 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jaafa91186/
Jahfa9118/
Jahava8327/
Jaafah837/
Ja'afa836/
Jaafai834/
Jaaffa833/
Jaafas832/
Jaafaz832/
Jahfat832/
Jahfah832/
Jaafat832/
Jhafah831/
Jaafau831/
Yahafa831/
Jafa80584/
Jaafaiz771/
Ja'afah771/
Jahfash771/
Jafat732,933/
Jaffa731,768/
Jafai73638/
Japha7380/
Jafah7347/
Jaifa7334/
Jafaz7327/
Jafay7322/
Ijafa7321/
Jadfa7319/
Jatfa7317/
Jafas7315/
Jafad739/
Yaafa739/
Jafau738/
Jiafa737/
Jafaa735/
Jasfa734/
Jaafo734/
Hjafa732/
Jazfa732/
Jayfa732/
Yahfa732/
Hiafa731/
Ihafa731/
Jafaj731/
Jhafo731/
Jafha731/
Japhat67294/
Japhai67270/
Javaha6793/
Yashfa6756/
Japhad6742/
Jaffah6728/
Jafahu6724/
Jaffas6720/
Jaffat6718/
Ehafaj6716/
Yahava679/
Aiyafa679/
Jieafa678/
Yahffa675/
Japhay674/
Jatfat674/
Japhas673/
Jaffay673/
Jiafat672/
Jafpha671/
Ojiafa671/
Jafhat671/
Ijiafa671/
Jaffad671/
Jafaid671/
Jaifau671/
Jaifai671/
Jaipha671/
Yahyfa671/
Ejiafa671/
Jahfou671/
Jyafat671/
Joshfa671/
Jafatt671/
Jaffai671/
Yaafai671/
Jaifay671/
Yahfad671/
Jjyafa671/
Japhah671/
Jafaah671/
Jafach671/
Jafash671/
Jeafas670/

Jahafa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Jahafa in the Hindi language
जहाjaha-

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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 Jahafa
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