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) is held by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jirga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 250,527th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,603,630 people. It is mostly found 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 commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 220 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Iran, where it is carried by 1,394 people, or 1 in 55,081. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Kerman Province, where 63 percent reside, Khuzestan Province, where 7 percent reside and Hormozgan Province, where 7 percent reside. Other than Iran this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 10 percent reside and Pakistan, where 1 percent reside.
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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