Jafar is used as a family name or surname in Bangladesh. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Jafar
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Bangladesh
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Jafar

How popular is Jafar?

Jafar is common in Bangladesh.

Jafar is ranked 4005 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Jafars grew by 42.76527 per cent to 444 since 2000 and ranked 47706 after elevating 12851 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 46.62 40.19
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 33.78 31.83
Black 9.91 7.4
Others 6.76 17.68
Jafar is quite popular family name mostly used in India while Iraq is ahead in terms of density. Around 135977 people have been found who wears Jafar as their family name. Jafar is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
38,459 New Zealand7
114,007 Czech Republic4
1,718 Yemen3
4,138 Bahrain3
22,232 Morocco3
1,922 Libya3
14,078 Japan3
25,074 Greece3
12,161 Wales2
19,046 Ireland2
4,086 Angola2
3,940 Ethiopia2
37,372 Georgia2
1,151 Brunei2
20,035 Uzbekistan2
21,929 Algeria2
20,186 Kenya2
2,152 Niger2
10,858 Tunisia2
34,681 Norway2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
44,018 Poland2
91,024 Belgium1
66,560 Philippines1
13,447 Uganda1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
846 American Samoa1
2,024 Mongolia1
16,283 Lithuania1
36,814 Romania1
9,498 Iceland1
7,191 Afghanistan1
81,201 Switzerland1
24,460 Armenia1
11,486 Estonia1
340 Comoros1
2,935 Madagascar1
38,841 Scotland1
16,228 Bulgaria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
12,953 Finland48
5,847 Azerbaijan45
46,461 Netherlands40
20,233 Denmark25
10,454 Mauritania21
94,051 Kazakhstan19
5,263 Guyana13
220,909 Ukraine12
72,915 Belarus11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
37,909 Canada85
3,956 Singapore83
11,524 Sweden80
30,613 Australia74
117,149 France73
56,973 South Africa73
14,658 Israel71
85,668 Italy56
7,402 Portugal55
39,793 Spain54
181,712 Russia52
Countries with hundreds of Jafar:
5,548 Tanzania912
1,160 United Arab Emirates910
8,811 Egypt613
749 Kuwait488
54,267 United States481
6,557 Ghana399
2,475 Tajikistan355
31,047 Germany336
18,862 England285
2,626 Oman186
60,164 Brazil159
31,070 Turkey140
4,044 Lebanon125
2,116 Qatar117
Countries with thousands of Jafar:
532 Sudan8,247
2,420 Iran4,708
7,208 Nigeria3,210
1,123 Saudi Arabia3,155
1,542 Mozambique2,063
1,727 Syria2,058
619 Jordan1,634
2,284 Malaysia1,164
Countries with ten thousands of Jafar:
2,127 India26,765
705 Pakistan25,270
795 Indonesia20,092
269 Iraq15,572
920 Bangladesh15,469
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Jafar Namesakes

  • Alireza Jafarzadeh, Spokesperson
  • Maryam Jafari Azarmani, Poet
  • Amin Jafari, Cinematographer
  • Amir Jafari, Actor
  • Habib Jafar, Soccer player
  • Aqeel Abbas Jafari, Writer
  • Emin Jafarguliyev, Soccer player
  • Mohammad Ali Jafari, Political leader
  • Azad Jafarian, Film director
  • Aziza Jafarzadeh, Writer

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