Jairus Surname
Approximately 1,834 people bear this surname
Jairus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 692 | 1:255,987 | 14,754 |
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Namibia | 249 | 1:9,676 | 1,876 |
| Kenya | 161 | 1:286,832 | 18,555 |
| Papua New Guinea | 138 | 1:59,085 | 7,566 |
| South Africa | 37 | 1:1,464,262 | 76,407 |
| Malaysia | 22 | 1:1,340,647 | 57,034 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Solomon Islands | 6 | 1:96,672 | 18,437 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
The alternate forms: Jaïrus (1,348) & Jaîrus (4) are calculated separately.
Jairus (14,166) may also be a first name.
Jairus Demographics
Average Jairus Salary in
United States
$15,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Jairus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jairus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jairus (Oriya: ଜୟରାସ) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Jaïrus or Jaîrus. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jairus? popularity and diffusion
Jairus is the 222,254th most widely held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 3,973,580 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Jairus reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 38 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 48,228th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 14,166 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 692 people, or 1 in 255,987. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ogun, where 13 percent reside, Benue, where 12 percent reside and Oyo, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 26 percent reside and Namibia, where 14 percent reside.
Jairus Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Jairus last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Jairus earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 43.53% more than the national average, earning R 341,076 per year and in United States they earn 64.95% less than the national average, earning $15,125 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jairus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jairus in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜୟରାସ | jayarasa | - |
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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 Jairus
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