Jahiz Surname
Approximately 410 people bear this surname
Jahiz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 392 | 1:67,411 | 4,838 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Jahiz (28) may also be a first name.
Jahiz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jahiz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jahiz is borne by more people in Yemen than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Jahiz click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jahiz? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jahiz is the 713,660th most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 17,774,502 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Jahiz live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 96 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 28 people.
It is most frequently held in Yemen, where it is borne by 392 people, or 1 in 67,411. In Yemen Jahiz is primarily concentrated in: Hajjah Governorate, where 95 percent live, Sana'a Governorate, where 4 percent live and Sa'dah Governorate, where 0 percent live. Outside of Yemen this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 4 percent live and Malaysia, where 0 percent live.
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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 Jahiz
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