Japher Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Japher Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Japher (129) may also be a first name.
Japher Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Japher Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Japher (Hindi: जाफर, Marathi: जाफर, Oriya: ଜାେଫର) is found most in Qatar. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Japher? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,730,171st most frequently used surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Japher occurs mostly in Asia, where 71 percent of Japher live; 36 percent live in West Asia and 36 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. Japher is also the 818,356th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 129 people.
The surname Japher is most widely held in Qatar, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 262,000. Outside of Qatar this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in India, where 18 percent are found and Pakistan, where 18 percent are found.
Japher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Japher has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Japher last name contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Japher Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Japher in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜାେଫର | jaephara | - |
| Japher in the Marathi language | ||
| जाफर | japhara | - |
| Japher in the Hindi language | ||
| जाफर | japhara | 50 |
| जफर | japhara | 50 |
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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 Japher
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