Jar Surname
Approximately 10,003 people bear this surname
Jar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 3,258 | 1:235,441 | 13,756 |
| Myanmar | 2,726 | 1:19,053 | 403 |
| Egypt | 824 | 1:111,573 | 9,244 |
| Iraq | 388 | 1:90,262 | 2,826 |
| Iran | 330 | 1:232,674 | 17,973 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| United Arab Emirates | 232 | 1:39,493 | 4,114 |
| Taiwan | 199 | 1:117,813 | 1,098 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Nigeria | 167 | 1:1,060,735 | 44,297 |
| United States | 155 | 1:2,338,445 | 144,975 |
| Indonesia | 130 | 1:1,017,301 | 74,410 |
| Mauritania | 124 | 1:33,023 | 2,679 |
| Malaysia | 120 | 1:245,785 | 13,930 |
| Afghanistan | 101 | 1:318,348 | 4,949 |
| Thailand | 89 | 1:793,689 | 128,670 |
| Spain | 72 | 1:649,334 | 29,324 |
| Liberia | 63 | 1:69,977 | 5,963 |
| Poland | 61 | 1:623,094 | 55,804 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| Pakistan | 57 | 1:3,134,103 | 24,953 |
| Romania | 49 | 1:409,752 | 33,339 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Canada | 24 | 1:1,535,233 | 104,339 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Yemen | 16 | 1:1,651,581 | 12,512 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| Moldova | 14 | 1:254,383 | 22,033 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Denmark | 11 | 1:513,156 | 32,022 |
| Argentina | 11 | 1:3,885,765 | 145,016 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Jordan | 5 | 1:1,768,487 | 19,843 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
Jar (6,914) may also be a first name.
Jar Demographics
Jar Political Affiliation
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Jar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jar (Arabic: عجر, Bengali: জর, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﺎﺭ, Hindi: जार, Marathi: जार, Oriya: ଜାର, Tibetan: ཇར་) is more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jar? popularity and diffusion
Jar is the 51,253rd most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 728,536 people. The last name Jar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 81 percent of Jar are found; 65 percent are found in South Asia and 32 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 78,231st most widespread first name in the world It is held by 6,914 people.
The last name is most widespread in India, where it is borne by 3,258 people, or 1 in 235,441. In India Jar is most prevalent in: West Bengal, where 75 percent reside, Tamil Nadu, where 6 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 4 percent reside. Outside of India it exists in 87 countries. It is also found in Myanmar, where 27 percent reside and Egypt, where 8 percent reside.
Jar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Jar has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Jar last name increased 120 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Jar Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Jar surname are 11.06% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 64.29% being registered with the political party.
The amount Jar earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 2.2% more than the national average, earning $44,098 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.41% less than the national average, earning $42,026 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﺎﺭ | jar | 76.56 |
| ﺍﺟﺎﺭ | ajar | 14.06 |
| ﺍﻟﺠﺎﺭ | aljar | 3.13 |
| ﺍﺟﺮ | ajr | 1.56 |
| ﺟﺮ | jr | 1.56 |
| ﺃﺟﺎﺭ | ajar | 1.56 |
| ﺍﻟﺠﺮ | aljr | 1.56 |
| Jar in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཇར་ | jar | 71.43 |
| ཛར་ | dzar | 14.29 |
| ཇཱར་ | jar | 14.29 |
| Jar in the Marathi language | ||
| जार | jara | 64.22 |
| जर | jara | 34.4 |
| Jar in the Bengali language | ||
| জর | jara | 60 |
| জৈর | jaira | 20 |
| জার | jara | 20 |
| Jar in the Hindi language | ||
| जार | jara | 55.56 |
| जर | jara | 41.27 |
| जर् | jar | 1.59 |
| Jar in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜାର | jara | 39.47 |
| ଜର | jara | 35.53 |
| ଯାର | yara | 14.47 |
| ଯର | yara | 7.89 |
| ଜାର୍ | jar | 1.32 |
| Jar in the Arabic language | ||
| عجر | jr | - |
| جر | jr | - |
| جار | jar | - |
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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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- 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 Jar
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