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
Jirga (Arabic: جركا, Marathi: जीरगा, Oriya: ଜିଗର୍ା) occurs more in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jirga? popularity and diffusion
Jirga is the 250,527th most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 4,603,630 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Jirga are found; 89 percent are found in South Asia and 89 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 608,246th most frequently held forename at a global level, borne by 220 people.
The last name Jirga is most widely held in Iran, where it is held by 1,394 people, or 1 in 55,081. In Iran it is most numerous in: Kerman Province, where 63 percent live, Khuzestan Province, where 7 percent live and Hormozgan Province, where 7 percent live. Excluding Iran this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found 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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