Jahawa Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Jahawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Jahawa (20) may also be a first name.
Jahawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jahawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jahawa (Hindi: जहा) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jahawa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,812,366th most numerous family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Jahawa live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 20 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria Jahawa is primarily concentrated in: Borno, where 78 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 11 percent reside and Yobe, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 9 percent reside and Niger, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jahawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jahawa in the Hindi language | ||
| जहा | jaha | - |
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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 Jahawa
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