Jahafar Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Jahafar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Pakistan | 12 | 1:14,886,990 | 61,272 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Jahafar (299) may also be a first name.
Jahafar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jahafar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jahafar (Hindi: जहफर, Marathi: जाहफर) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jahafar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,017,195th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name Jahafar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Jahafar live; 64 percent live in South Asia and 36 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Jahafar is also the 509,704th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 299 people.
It is most common in India, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 51,137,692. In India Jahafar is primarily found in: Kerala, where 93 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 7 percent live. Not including India this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 29 percent live and Malaysia, where 24 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jahafar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jahafar in the Hindi language | ||
| जहफर | jahaphara | - |
| Jahafar in the Marathi language | ||
| जाहफर | jahaphara | - |
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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 Jahafar
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