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 or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jawara? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 23,280th most frequent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 313,052 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Jawara are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 270,251st most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 902 people.
The last name is most commonly held in The Gambia, where it is borne by 12,497 people, or 1 in 154. Apart from The Gambia this last name occurs in 53 countries. It is also common in Sierra Leone, where 40 percent are found and Spain, where 2 percent are found.
Jawara Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Jawara last name are 43.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 96.43% being 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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