Jahun Surname
Approximately 613 people bear this surname
Jahun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 518 | 1:341,974 | 18,555 |
| Indonesia | 69 | 1:1,916,655 | 121,671 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Jahun (326) may also be a first name.
Jahun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jahun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jahun (Georgian: ჯაჰუნ, Hindi: जहून, Marathi: जहून, Oriya: ଯାହୁନ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jahun? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jahun is the 528,243rd most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 11,888,329 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Jahun live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Jahun is also the 485,722nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 326 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 518 people, or 1 in 341,974. In Nigeria Jahun is mostly found in: Jigawa, where 50 percent live, Bauchi, where 33 percent live and Kano, where 7 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 11 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Jahun Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Jahun has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Jahun surname fell 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jahun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jahun in the Georgian language | ||
| ჯაჰუნ | jahun | - |
| Jahun in the Oriya language | ||
| ଯାହୁନ | yahuna | - |
| Jahun in the Marathi language | ||
| जहून | jahuna | - |
| Jahun in the Hindi language | ||
| जहून | jahuna | 44.44 |
| जाहून | jahuna | 11.11 |
| जहा | jaha | 11.11 |
| जाहुन | jahuna | 11.11 |
| जहूं | jahum | 11.11 |
| जहुन | jahuna | 11.11 |
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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 Jahun
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