Japhari Surname
Approximately 4,875 people bear this surname
Japhari Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4,645 | 1:11,398 | 1,494 |
| India | 222 | 1:3,455,249 | 98,719 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Japhari (6,504) may also be a first name.
Japhari Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Japhari Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Japhari (Hindi: जाफरी, Marathi: जाफरी, Oriya: ଜାଫରି) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Japhari click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Japhari? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 97,377th most prevalent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,494,881 people. The surname Japhari occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Japhari are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Japhari is also the 81,364th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 6,504 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 4,645 people, or 1 in 11,398. In Tanzania Japhari is most prevalent in: Kigoma Region, where 28 percent are found, Tabora Region, where 24 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 10 percent are found. Beside Tanzania this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 5 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Japhari Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Japhari in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜାଫରି | japhari | - |
| Japhari in the Hindi language | ||
| जाफरी | japhari | 67.69 |
| जफरी | japhari | 30.77 |
| ज़ाफरी | zaphari | 1.54 |
| Japhari in the Marathi language | ||
| जाफरी | japhari | 66.67 |
| जफरी | japhari | 33.33 |
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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 Japhari
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