Jawfar Surname
Approximately 760 people bear this surname
Jawfar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 585 | 1:35,570 | 4,375 |
| Iran | 150 | 1:511,883 | 30,108 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Jawfar (13) may also be a first name.
Jawfar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jawfar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jawfar (Arabic: جوفر) has its highest incidence in Sri Lanka. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jawfar? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 448,102nd most numerous family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 9,588,876 people. The last name Jawfar is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Jawfar live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 77 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Jawfar is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent given name on earth, held by 13 people.
It is most common in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 585 people, or 1 in 35,570. Aside from Sri Lanka this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 20 percent reside and Qatar, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jawfar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jawfar in the Arabic language | ||
| جوفر | jwfr | - |
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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 Jawfar
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