Jåfs Surname

1,079,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 229 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Jåfs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Jåfs Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland1811:30,3694,039
Sweden451:218,81715,158
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771
Display Statistics on:
  • Average Salary in:
    Norway

Jåfs Demographics

Average Jåfs Salary in
Norway

451,897 kr

Per year
Rank:
8,549 of 73,091
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000115869
Rank: 52,472 of 73,091
Percentage of national average salary:
130.58%
Sample size: 2 (2014)

Average Salary in
Norway

346,080 kr

Per year
Per month:
28,840 kr
Per week:
6,409 kr
Per day:
948 kr

View the highest/lowest earning families in Norway

Jåfs Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jåfs Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Jåfs is carried by more people in Finland than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Jåfs.

How Common Is The Last Name Jåfs? popularity and diffusion

The surname Jåfs is the 1,079,669th most frequently held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 31,823,345 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Jåfs are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.

It is most widespread in Finland, where it is borne by 181 people, or 1 in 30,369. In Finland Jåfs is primarily concentrated in: Ostrobothnia, where 83 percent reside, Uusimaa, where 14 percent reside and Åland Islands, where 2 percent reside. Beside Finland this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 20 percent reside and Norway, where 1 percent reside.

Jåfs Last Name Statistics demography

Jåfs earn significantly more than the average income. In Norway they earn 30.58% more than the national average, earning 451,897 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jfs866/
Ijfs7524/
Jzfs752/
Jwfs752/
Jffs751/
Jfsc751/
Jfsj751/
Jyfs751/
Jf67178/
Jiffs671/

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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 Jåfs
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