Jahra Surname
Approximately 6,576 people bear this surname
Jahra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4,306 | 1:178,139 | 10,917 |
| Bangladesh | 991 | 1:160,804 | 5,900 |
| Yemen | 641 | 1:41,225 | 3,536 |
| Indonesia | 384 | 1:344,399 | 29,877 |
| Kuwait | 135 | 1:28,153 | 3,584 |
| Iran | 96 | 1:799,818 | 40,023 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Jahra (6,232) may also be a first name.
Jahra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jahra Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jahra (Hindi: जहरा, Marathi: जाहरा) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jahra? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 74,757th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,108,203 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Jahra reside; 82 percent reside in South Asia and 65 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 83,619th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 6,232 people.
This surname is most common in India, where it is carried by 4,306 people, or 1 in 178,139. In India Jahra is mostly concentrated in: Uttar Pradesh, where 94 percent reside, Bihar, where 1 percent reside and Delhi, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account India this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 15 percent reside and Yemen, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jahra Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jahra in the Hindi language | ||
| जहरा | jahara | 94.77 |
| जाहरा | jahara | 4.84 |
| जह्रा | jahra | 0.05 |
| जेहरा | jehara | 0.05 |
| जोहरा | johara | 0.03 |
| जहूरा | jahura | 0.03 |
| जहारा | jahara | 0.03 |
| जहार | jahara | 0.03 |
| ज़हरा | zahara | 0.03 |
| Jahra in the Marathi language | ||
| जाहरा | jahara | 87.93 |
| जहरा | jahara | 8.62 |
| जहारा | jahara | 1.72 |
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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 Jahra
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