Jasher Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Jasher Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 56 | 1:1,371,116 | 56,327 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Jasher (273) may also be a first name.
Jasher Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jasher Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jasher (Arabic: ياشر, Hindi: जाशेर, Marathi: जशेर, Tibetan: མཇའ་ཤར།) is held by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Jasher.
How Common Is The Last Name Jasher? popularity and diffusion
Jasher is the 2,372,517th most numerous family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Jasher live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 86 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Jasher is also the 537,992nd most common first name world-wide, held by 273 people.
Jasher is most commonly held in Iran, where it is held by 56 people, or 1 in 1,371,116. In Iran Jasher is most numerous in: Hormozgan Province, where 41 percent are found, Khuzestan Province, where 32 percent are found and Isfahan Province, where 21 percent are found. Besides Iran this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent are found and Bhutan, where 2 percent are found.
Jasher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Jasher has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Jasher surname declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jasher Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jasher in the Tibetan language | ||
| མཇའ་ཤར། | jashar | - |
| Jasher in the Hindi language | ||
| जाशेर | jasera | - |
| Jasher in the Marathi language | ||
| जशेर | jasera | - |
| Jasher in the Arabic language | ||
| ياشر | yashr | - |
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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 Jasher
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