Jirga Surname
Approximately 1,583 people bear this surname
Jirga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 1,394 | 1:55,081 | 6,053 |
| Indonesia | 157 | 1:842,352 | 63,704 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Jirga (220) may also be a first name.
Jirga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jirga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jirga (Arabic: جركا, Marathi: जीरगा, Oriya: ଜିଗର୍ା) occurs in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Jirga.
How Common Is The Last Name Jirga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 250,527th most numerous last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 4,603,630 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Jirga live; 89 percent live in South Asia and 89 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 608,246th most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 220 people.
The surname Jirga is most commonly occurring in Iran, where it is borne by 1,394 people, or 1 in 55,081. In Iran it is mostly found in: Kerman Province, where 63 percent live, Khuzestan Province, where 7 percent live and Hormozgan Province, where 7 percent live. Barring Iran this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 10 percent live and Pakistan, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jirga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jirga in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜିଗର୍ା | jigara | - |
| Jirga in the Marathi language | ||
| जीरगा | jiraga | - |
| Jirga in the Arabic language | ||
| جركا | jrka | - |
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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 Jirga
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