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.
- sabri.jarrarJarrar Demographics
Average Male Jarrar Height
173.73 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Jarrar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jarrar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jarrar (Hindi: जर्रार, Marathi: जर, Oriya: ଜରାର) is found most in Jordan. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jarrar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jarrar is the 25,573rd most common last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 345,791 people. Jarrar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 91 percent of Jarrar are found; 87 percent are found in West Asia and 63 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 142,901st most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 2,640 people.
The last name is most widespread in Jordan, where it is carried by 7,714 people, or 1 in 1,146. In Jordan it is most prevalent in: Amman Governorate, where 59 percent live, Zarqa Governorate, where 21 percent live and Balqa Governorate, where 7 percent live. Beside Jordan it exists in 55 countries. It is also found in Palestine, where 26 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 20 percent live.
Jarrar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Jarrar has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 5,817 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Jarrar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Jarrar last name is chiefly 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 US average, with 56.47% being registered with the political 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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