Jarrar Surname
Approximately 21,075 people bear this surname
Jarrar Surname User-submission:
The Jarrar surname comes from the Arabic adjective jarrar, that characterizes an army as big or tremendous. Therefore and is the case usually in Arabic, it almost always follows the word jaysh, Arabic for 'army'. The phrase jaysh jarrar means a 'tremendous army'.
Read More About This SurnameJarrar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 7,714 | 1:1,146 | 166 |
| Palestine | 5,384 | 1:845 | 111 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4,174 | 1:7,392 | 1,035 |
| Morocco | 920 | 1:37,474 | 6,047 |
| India | 420 | 1:1,826,346 | 64,592 |
| United States | 349 | 1:1,038,564 | 76,174 |
| Kuwait | 299 | 1:12,711 | 1,729 |
| United Arab Emirates | 285 | 1:32,148 | 3,486 |
| Oman | 272 | 1:13,559 | 1,553 |
| Pakistan | 249 | 1:717,445 | 10,681 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| Bahrain | 103 | 1:13,093 | 2,472 |
| Canada | 99 | 1:372,178 | 33,288 |
| Qatar | 87 | 1:27,103 | 2,847 |
| Iraq | 63 | 1:555,899 | 8,855 |
| Tunisia | 54 | 1:11,308 | 1,865 |
| Germany | 48 | 1:1,677,197 | 97,745 |
| France | 40 | 1:1,660,568 | 152,033 |
| Spain | 34 | 1:1,375,060 | 44,096 |
| Romania | 31 | 1:647,673 | 45,663 |
| Lebanon | 26 | 1:216,811 | 8,749 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Israel | 16 | 1:534,852 | 39,210 |
| Denmark | 12 | 1:470,393 | 30,183 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Turkey | 10 | 1:7,782,142 | 126,629 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| Syria | 9 | 1:2,144,558 | 9,551 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1:845,721 | 48,179 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Jarrar (2,640) may also be a first name.
Jarrar Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Jarrar surname comes from the Arabic adjective jarrar, that characterizes an army as big or tremendous. Therefore and is the case usually in Arabic, it almost always follows the word jaysh, Arabic for 'army'. The phrase jaysh jarrar means a 'tremendous army'. During the late Ottoman period, the men of the Jarrar clan formed an armed militia in their homeland in Trans-Jordan and marched on the Jenin area on the West Bank of the Jordan River to avenge the brutal stabbing of one of their men while he was traveling there. The militia was described by the eyewitness chronicles as a jaysh jarrar. Henceforth, the clan became known as the Jarrar.
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Jarrar Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Jarrar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jarrar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jarrar (Hindi: जर्रार, Marathi: जर, Oriya: ଜରାର) occurs in Jordan more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jarrar? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jarrar is the 25,573rd most common last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 345,791 people. The last name Jarrar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 91 percent of Jarrar live; 87 percent live in West Asia and 63 percent live in Levant. Jarrar is also the 142,901st most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 2,640 people.
The last name Jarrar is most common in Jordan, where it is held by 7,714 people, or 1 in 1,146. In Jordan it is primarily found in: Amman Governorate, where 59 percent are found, Zarqa Governorate, where 21 percent are found and Balqa Governorate, where 7 percent are found. Other than Jordan this last name is found in 55 countries. It is also found in Palestine, where 26 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 20 percent are found.
Jarrar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Jarrar has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 5,817 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Jarrar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Sunni (96%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Jarrar surname are 3.24% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 56.47% registered with the party.
The amount Jarrar earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 31.3% more than the national average, earning $56,656 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.46% more than the national average, earning $53,886 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jarrar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jarrar in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜରାର | jarara | - |
| Jarrar in the Hindi language | ||
| जर्रार | jarrara | 95.95 |
| जररार | jararara | 2.76 |
| जररर | jararara | 0.39 |
| जरार्र | jararra | 0.19 |
| जरीर | jarira | 0.13 |
| जरार | jarara | 0.13 |
| र्जरार | rjarara | 0.13 |
| जर्जार | jarjara | 0.06 |
| जार्रार | jarrara | 0.06 |
| जर्रर | jarrara | 0.06 |
| जररारु | jarararu | 0.06 |
| Jarrar in the Marathi language | ||
| जर | jara | 61.25 |
| जररार | jararara | 25 |
| जरार | jarara | 6.25 |
| जरर्र | jararra | 1.25 |
| इकरार | ikarara | 1.25 |
| जरीर | jarira | 1.25 |
| जरदार | jaradara | 1.25 |
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