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.
Jawara Demographics
Average Jawara Salary in
United States
$36,023 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Jawara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jawara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jawara (Arabic: الجويري, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻮﺍﺭﻯ, Hindi: जवारा, Marathi: जवरा, Oriya: ଜାୱରା) is found in The Gambia more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jawara? popularity and diffusion
It is the 23,280th most frequently used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 313,052 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Jawara live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Jawara is also the 270,251st most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 902 people.
It is most commonly occurring in The Gambia, where it is borne by 12,497 people, or 1 in 154. Beside The Gambia Jawara 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 last name are 43.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 96.43% registered with the 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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- 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 Jawara
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