Jawara Surname
Approximately 23,279 people bear this surname
Jawara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gambia | 12,497 | 1:154 | 37 |
| Sierra Leone | 9,341 | 1:759 | 145 |
| Spain | 481 | 1:97,198 | 8,027 |
| United States | 275 | 1:1,318,032 | 92,126 |
| Liberia | 195 | 1:22,608 | 2,228 |
| England | 134 | 1:415,806 | 28,295 |
| Indonesia | 66 | 1:2,003,776 | 125,554 |
| Philippines | 55 | 1:1,840,695 | 114,828 |
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| Sweden | 35 | 1:281,336 | 19,530 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| East Timor | 9 | 1:135,103 | 179 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 1:170,497 | 8,814 |
| Senegal | 7 | 1:2,082,763 | 4,662 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 1:3,058,683 | 18,466 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
Jawara (902) may also be a first name.
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Jawara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jawara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jawara (Arabic: الجويري, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻮﺍﺭﻯ, Hindi: जवारा, Marathi: जवरा, Oriya: ଜାୱରା) occurs in The Gambia more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jawara? popularity and diffusion
It is the 23,280th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 313,052 people. The last name Jawara occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Jawara reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Jawara is also the 270,251st most commonly occurring given name throughout the world. It is borne by 902 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in The Gambia, where it is carried by 12,497 people, or 1 in 154. Outside of The Gambia this last name is found in 53 countries. It is also common in Sierra Leone, where 40 percent reside and Spain, where 2 percent reside.
Jawara Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Jawara surname are 43.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 96.43% registered with the political party.
The amount Jawara earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 16.51% less than the national average, earning $36,023 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.57% less than the national average, earning $34,496 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jawara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jawara in the Hindi language | ||
| जवारा | javara | - |
| Jawara in the Marathi language | ||
| जवरा | javara | - |
| Jawara in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﻮﺍﺭﻯ | jwary | 60 |
| ﺟﺎﻭﺭﺍ | jawra | 20 |
| ﺟﺎﻭﺍﺭﺍ | jawara | 20 |
| Jawara in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜାୱରା | jawara | 33.33 |
| ଜାୱାରା | jawara | 33.33 |
| ଯାୱାରା | yawara | 22.22 |
| ଯାଅରା | ya'ara | 11.11 |
| Jawara in the Arabic language | ||
| الجويري | aljwyry | - |
| جواري | jwary | - |
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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 Jawara
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