Pourjafar Surname

749,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 383 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Pourjafar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pourjafar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran3601:213,28516,875
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
England61:9,286,343223,652
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Pourjafar Last Name Facts

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

Pourjafar has its highest incidence in Iran. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Pourjafar click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pourjafar? popularity and diffusion

It is the 749,861st most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,027,535 people. The last name Pourjafar is predominantly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Pourjafar reside; 94 percent reside in South Asia and 94 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.

The surname is most commonly held in Iran, where it is borne by 360 people, or 1 in 213,285. In Iran Pourjafar is mostly found in: Kerman Province, where 73 percent reside, West Azerbaijan Province, where 8 percent reside and Alborz Province, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Iran it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.

Pourjafar Last Name Statistics demography

Pourjafar earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.59% less than the national average, earning $39,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Porjafar941/
Pouriafar89191/
Poursafar8925/
Poorjafar898/
Pouryafar894/
Pouryafard8421/
Porsafar822/
Pursafar821/
Pourchaffar801/
Poorsafar7812/
Pooryafar781/
Poorzafar781/
Pooryafard741/
Parsafar71895/
Parsafard672/

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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 Pourjafar
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