Jhaa Surname
Approximately 446 people bear this surname
Jhaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 432 | 1:1,775,614 | 63,364 |
| Yemen | 9 | 1:2,936,144 | 15,216 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Jhaa (122) may also be a first name.
Jhaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jhaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jhaa (Hindi: झा, Oriya: ଝାଆ) has its highest incidence in India. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jhaa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 670,508th most numerous last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 16,339,789 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Jhaa reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Jhaa is also the 844,248th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 122 people.
This last name is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 432 people, or 1 in 1,775,614. In India Jhaa is most numerous in: Bihar, where 55 percent are found, Gujarat, where 22 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 9 percent are found. Other than India Jhaa exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 2 percent are found and Pakistan, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jhaa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jhaa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଝାଆ | jha'a | - |
| Jhaa in the Hindi language | ||
| झा | jha | 53.33 |
| जहां | jaham | 20 |
| झाा | jhaa | 20 |
| जहाँ | jaham | 6.67 |
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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 Jhaa
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