Jazem Surname
Approximately 3,150 people bear this surname
Jazem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 3,067 | 1:8,616 | 1,116 |
| Iran | 57 | 1:1,347,062 | 55,719 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Jazem (983) may also be a first name.
Jazem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jazem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jazem is more frequently found in Yemen than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Jazem.
How Common Is The Last Name Jazem? popularity and diffusion
It is the 141,462nd most frequently used surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 2,313,507 people. The surname Jazem is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Jazem reside; 98 percent reside in West Asia and 98 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 256,947th most prevalent given name worldwide. It is borne by 983 people.
It is most frequently used in Yemen, where it is carried by 3,067 people, or 1 in 8,616. In Yemen it is most prevalent in: Taiz Governorate, where 53 percent live, Sana'a Governorate, where 14 percent live and Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 14 percent live. Outside of Yemen this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 2 percent live and Iraq, where 1 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Jazem
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