Jiddah Surname
Approximately 662 people bear this surname
Jiddah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 624 | 1:283,883 | 16,019 |
| Pakistan | 12 | 1:14,886,990 | 61,272 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Jiddah (707) may also be a first name.
Jiddah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jiddah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jiddah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﺪﺍﻫﺎ) occurs most in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Jiddah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jiddah? popularity and diffusion
Jiddah is the 497,847th most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 11,008,378 people. The surname Jiddah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Jiddah reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Jiddah is also the 310,684th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 707 people.
The last name Jiddah is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 624 people, or 1 in 283,883. In Nigeria Jiddah is primarily concentrated in: Kwara, where 40 percent live, Borno, where 21 percent live and Adamawa, where 7 percent live. Besides Nigeria Jiddah exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 2 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jiddah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jiddah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﺪﺍﻫﺎ | jdaha | 50 |
| ﺟﺪﺍﻩ | jdah | 50 |
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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 Jiddah
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