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 surname Jazem has its highest incidence in Yemen. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Jazem click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jazem? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jazem is the 141,462nd most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 2,313,507 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Jazem are found; 98 percent are found in West Asia and 98 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. Jazem is also the 256,947th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 983 people.
The surname Jazem is most common in Yemen, where it is held by 3,067 people, or 1 in 8,616. In Yemen it is mostly found in: Taiz Governorate, where 53 percent reside, Sana'a Governorate, where 14 percent reside and Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Yemen this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 2 percent reside and Iraq, where 1 percent reside.
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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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