Jamaah Surname
Approximately 67,600 people bear this surname
Jamaah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 66,979 | 1:480 | 58 |
| Indonesia | 588 | 1:224,914 | 20,946 |
| Malaysia | 19 | 1:1,552,328 | 64,490 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Jamaah (24,148) may also be a first name.
Jamaah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jamaah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jamaah (Arabic: جمعيه) is found most in Afghanistan. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Jamaah.
How Common Is The Last Name Jamaah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,428th most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 107,804 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Jamaah are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 32,867th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 24,148 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Afghanistan, where it is held by 66,979 people, or 1 in 480. In Afghanistan Jamaah is most common in: Herat, where 11 percent are found, Daykundi, where 11 percent are found and Faryab, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Afghanistan this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 1 percent are found and Malaysia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jamaah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jamaah in the Arabic language | ||
| جمعيه | jmyh | - |
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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 Jamaah
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