Joafar Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Joafar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Joafar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Joafar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Joafar is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Joafar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Joafar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Joafar is the 6,063,924th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Joafar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 80 percent of Joafar live; 80 percent live in Southeast Asia and 80 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
The last name is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 3,686,778. In Malaysia it is primarily found in: Johor, where 88 percent are found and Selangor, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Malaysia this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 10 percent are found and The United States, where 10 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Joafar
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