Jahjah Surname
Approximately 2,764 people bear this surname
Jahjah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 589 | 1:9,571 | 1,448 |
| Morocco | 477 | 1:72,277 | 12,260 |
| Egypt | 336 | 1:273,618 | 18,414 |
| Jordan | 317 | 1:27,894 | 3,648 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Syria | 267 | 1:72,288 | 3,103 |
| Spain | 102 | 1:458,353 | 23,817 |
| France | 85 | 1:781,444 | 95,071 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| United States | 62 | 1:5,846,112 | 285,490 |
| Brazil | 32 | 1:6,689,823 | 158,565 |
| Sweden | 25 | 1:393,870 | 27,867 |
| Venezuela | 23 | 1:1,313,221 | 18,235 |
| Argentina | 17 | 1:2,514,318 | 114,515 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Jahjah (170) may also be a first name.
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Jahjah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jahjah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jahjah (Arabic: جهجاة) is found most in Lebanon. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jahjah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 158,120th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,636,594 people. Jahjah is mostly found in Asia, where 56 percent of Jahjah are found; 56 percent are found in West Asia and 43 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 701,320th most widespread given name world-wide. It is borne by 170 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Lebanon, where it is borne by 589 people, or 1 in 9,571. In Lebanon it is most numerous in: Nabatiye Governorate, where 30 percent reside, Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 26 percent reside and North Governorate, where 18 percent reside. Not including Lebanon Jahjah exists in 36 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 17 percent reside and Egypt, where 12 percent reside.
Jahjah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Jahjah surname is primarily Shiite (63%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Jahjah surname are 25.34% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 78.57% being registered with the political party.
The amount Jahjah earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 57.1% more than the national average, earning $67,788 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.82% less than the national average, earning $40,333 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jahjah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jahjah in the Arabic language | ||
| جهجاة | jhjat | - |
| جهجه | jhjh | - |
| جهجاه | jhjah | - |
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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 Jahjah
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