Jajá Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Jajá Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jajá Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Jaja (18,203), Jája (2) & Jájá (1) are calculated separately.

Jajá (9) may also be a first name.

Jajá Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jajá Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Jajá is found in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Jaja, Jája or Jájá. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jajá? popularity and diffusion

The surname Jajá is the 6,360,413th most frequent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Jajá live; 89 percent live in South America and 89 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 3,941,740th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 9 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 26,759,292. In Brazil Jajá is mostly concentrated in: São Paulo, where 50 percent are found, Rio Grande do Sul, where 25 percent are found and Bahia, where 13 percent are found. Not including Brazil this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jaja9218,203/
Jája832/
Jájá831/
Jaji7523,003/
Jaju7510,088/
Jajo759,056/
Jaje751,373/
Jaij7522/
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Jayj754/
Jeaj752/
Jyaj751/
Jiaj751/
Jahja673,572/
Ijaji672,905/
Jajoo671,873/
Aijaj671,678/
Hjiaj671,219/
Jajah671,058/
Jajeh67931/
Ajjaj67787/
Ijaja67703/
Jajou67365/
Ejaja67234/
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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 Jajá
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