Jahar Surname
Approximately 2,892 people bear this surname
Jahar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 1,571 | 1:48,875 | 5,497 |
| India | 610 | 1:1,257,484 | 49,869 |
| Indonesia | 356 | 1:371,486 | 31,844 |
| Malaysia | 235 | 1:125,507 | 8,194 |
| Philippines | 47 | 1:2,154,005 | 122,929 |
| Pakistan | 14 | 1:12,760,278 | 55,960 |
| Afghanistan | 12 | 1:2,679,432 | 17,028 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Nepal | 5 | 1:5,696,191 | 13,053 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Jahar (36,830) may also be a first name.
Jahar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jahar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jahar (Bengali: জহর, Hindi: जाहर, Marathi: जहर, Oriya: ଜହର, Tibetan: ཇ་ཧར་) occurs most in Iran. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jahar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 152,208th most prevalent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,519,898 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Jahar are found; 77 percent are found in South Asia and 56 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Jahar is also the 23,769th most widely held forename worldwide, borne by 36,830 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Iran, where it is held by 1,571 people, or 1 in 48,875. In Iran Jahar is primarily concentrated in: Tehran Province, where 11 percent are found, Khuzestan Province, where 9 percent are found and Sistan and Baluchestan Province, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Iran Jahar exists in 26 countries. It is also common in India, where 21 percent are found and Indonesia, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jahar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jahar in the Bengali language | ||
| জহর | jahara | 93.86 |
| জাহার | jahara | 4.09 |
| জহর্ | jahar | 0.55 |
| জহির | jahira | 0.14 |
| Jahar in the Hindi language | ||
| जाहर | jahara | 80.37 |
| जहर | jahara | 11.23 |
| जहार | jahara | 6.96 |
| जाहार | jahara | 0.49 |
| जहा | jaha | 0.23 |
| जहरा़ | jahara | 0.19 |
| जहा्र | jahara | 0.15 |
| जहो | jaho | 0.04 |
| जहार् | jahar | 0.04 |
| जहॉ | jaho | 0.04 |
| जहूर | jahura | 0.04 |
| जहीर | jahira | 0.04 |
| जहरा | jahara | 0.04 |
| Jahar in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜହର | jahara | 79.04 |
| ଯହର | yahara | 10.04 |
| ଜାହାର | jahara | 5.24 |
| ଜାହର | jahara | 1.75 |
| ଜହାର | jahara | 0.87 |
| ଯାହାର | yahara | 0.66 |
| ଯହାର | yahara | 0.66 |
| ଜହର୍ | jahar | 0.44 |
| ଜାହାର୍ | jahar | 0.44 |
| ବହଲ | bahala | 0.22 |
| ମହା | maha | 0.22 |
| Jahar in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཇ་ཧར་ | jahar | 66.67 |
| ཇཱ་ཧར་ | jahar | 22.22 |
| ཇཱ་ཧོར་ | jahor | 11.11 |
| Jahar in the Marathi language | ||
| जहर | jahara | 57.96 |
| जहार | jahara | 22.29 |
| जहरिंसग | jaharinsaga | 4.46 |
| जाहार | jahara | 2.55 |
| जाहर | jahara | 1.91 |
| जहुर | jahura | 1.27 |
| जोहर | johara | 1.27 |
| जवर | javara | 0.64 |
| जहूर | jahura | 0.64 |
| धारा | dhara | 0.64 |
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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 Jahar
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