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 most common in Qatar. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Japher click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Japher? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,730,171st most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Japher occurs mostly in Asia, where 71 percent of Japher are found; 36 percent are found in West Asia and 36 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. Japher is also the 818,356th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 129 people.
Japher is most widespread in Qatar, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 262,000. Aside from Qatar Japher is found in 9 countries. It is also common in India, where 18 percent reside and Pakistan, where 18 percent reside.
Japher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Japher has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 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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