Jhar Surname
Approximately 165 people bear this surname
Jhar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 123 | 1:6,236,304 | 144,239 |
| Pakistan | 40 | 1:4,466,097 | 30,538 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Jhar (1,322) may also be a first name.
Jhar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jhar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jhar (Bengali: ঝড়, Hindi: झार, Marathi: झार, Oriya: ଝାର, Tibetan: ཇར་) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jhar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,348,199th most widespread family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 44,166,945 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Jhar reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 75 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Jhar is also the 216,117th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 1,322 people.
This surname is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 123 people, or 1 in 6,236,304. In India Jhar is primarily found in: Uttar Pradesh, where 16 percent live, Maharashtra, where 15 percent live and Assam, where 12 percent live. Beside India it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 24 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jhar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jhar in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཇར་ | jar | - |
| Jhar in the Bengali language | ||
| ঝড় | jhara | - |
| Jhar in the Oriya language | ||
| ଝାର | jhara | 82.78 |
| ଝର | jhara | 15.75 |
| ଝରା | jhara | 0.18 |
| Jhar in the Marathi language | ||
| झार | jhara | 68.97 |
| झर | jhara | 24.14 |
| जािहर | jaihara | 3.45 |
| अजहर | ajahara | 3.45 |
| Jhar in the Hindi language | ||
| झार | jhara | 57.63 |
| झर | jhara | 40.68 |
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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 Jhar
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