Jo Forename

2,849th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 365,275 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island

Jo Forename Definition:

The pet-form of Josephine and, loosely, a variant of Joe.

Jo Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
148,4271:2,443444
England
 
98%
43,4611:1,279258
Australia-34,3401:39880
Japan
100%
19,7161:6,491856
Netherlands
 
96%
17,8321:948198
Philippines
 
77%
10,9231:9,7051,323
Canada
100%
10,8071:3,066570
New Zealand-8,5251:532118
Madagascar
100%
6,0461:3,908848
South Africa
 
96%
5,8151:9,3781,631
Indonesia
67%
 
5,7351:44,9815,814
Egypt
72%
 
5,1181:17,9561,422
Belgium
95%
 
4,4121:2,604528
Brazil
100%
3,9881:53,7203,724
Lebanon
98%
 
3,3901:1,660348
Saudi Arabia-3,3221:9,2751,356
India
67%
 
3,0131:403,21234,526
Norway
100%
2,6401:1,944361
Germany
65%
 
2,4341:39,7201,298
France
71%
 
2,0251:32,8251,206
Poland
 
71%
1,7441:21,805756
Malaysia
 
70%
1,5081:20,1922,049
Ghana-1,4611:18,4711,437
Scotland
 
96%
1,2631:4,236438
Wales
 
96%
1,1811:2,620419
Sri Lanka-9301:22,3652,897
Ireland
 
87%
9211:5,042493
Thailand
52%
 
7731:90,6417,931
China-6671:2,048,06043,636
Togo-6591:10,9851,550
DR Congo
99%
 
5751:128,3966,414
Bangladesh-5501:289,93013,006
Pakistan
 
66%
5491:354,0219,502
Morocco-5461:62,9102,404
Singapore
 
70%
5421:11,6002,357
Nigeria
 
66%
5411:328,21511,853
South Korea
67%
 
5241:10,5811,305
Fiji-5181:1,723479
Iran
100%
4751:165,2573,307
Hong Kong-4371:17,7412,045
Qatar
 
91%
4271:5,549899
Switzerland
 
60%
4021:20,4321,427
Malta-3121:1,376290
Oman-2891:14,2171,430
Italy
57%
 
2761:221,2393,055
Afghanistan
78%
 
2741:119,0643,821
Denmark-2651:21,3191,230
Liberia
71%
 
2591:17,0351,245
Kuwait-2281:16,6021,838
Bahrain-2221:6,075981
Northern Ireland
 
79%
2151:8,573721
Congo
58%
 
2151:23,2992,290
Russia
85%
 
2081:693,4316,807
Dominican Republic-1981:52,6833,457
Malawi-1901:90,0655,143
Guernsey
100%
1621:391100
Spain-1571:296,3694,947
Ecuador-1361:130,3452,784
Mexico
 
76%
1261:985,2738,056
Sweden
 
58%
1191:82,8403,751
Suriname
100%
1151:4,8071,027
Guam-1051:1,530341
Taiwan
100%
921:258,36620,362
Nepal
 
70%
891:320,08311,355
Jersey
100%
871:1,149249
Kenya
67%
 
861:538,45514,567
Greece-801:136,6823,274
Cameroon
60%
 
781:277,05810,672
United Arab Emirates-671:106,7468,608
Guatemala
100%
551:292,8813,532
Sudan-491:771,5712,562
New Caledonia-481:5,628744
Panama
100%
471:83,1184,424
Austria
100%
461:185,0912,885
Chile
 
66%
431:409,4705,414
Botswana-421:52,0114,968
Uganda
 
67%
411:998,94917,408
Cayman Islands-331:1,858421
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
321:42,5444,004
Burkina Faso
92%
 
311:592,88619,199
Puerto Rico-301:118,3432,043
Vietnam
100%
291:3,193,9003,365
Portugal-281:371,8176,212
Gibraltar-271:1,264259
Ivory Coast
62%
 
271:854,66426,622
United States Virgin Islands-271:4,065709
Argentina
56%
 
251:1,710,9306,931
Iraq
100%
241:1,459,07710,051
Belarus
80%
 
231:412,2782,832
Isle of Man
100%
231:3,697164
French Polynesia-221:12,6321,507
Tanzania
100%
221:2,399,46922,455
Turks and Caicos Islands-221:1,578368
Barbados-211:13,7991,255
Venezuela
 
96%
211:1,438,18527,865
Northern Mariana Islands-201:2,733523
Bermuda-191:3,412618
Seychelles-191:4,877888
Zimbabwe
63%
 
191:811,78030,897
Luxembourg-181:31,3361,560
Aruba-171:6,1051,121
Estonia
100%
171:77,3753,612
Laos-161:411,678310
Rwanda-161:710,7151,599
Myanmar-141:3,710,5911,386
Peru
 
75%
141:2,270,81822,263
Benin
100%
131:813,52622,290
Macau-131:46,785540
Zambia-131:1,219,60016,711
Papua New Guinea
83%
 
121:679,36049,627
Kazakhstan
50%
 
111:1,613,35013,838
Mauritius-101:129,7783,502
Tunisia-101:67,6903,091
Antigua and Barbuda-91:11,0441,733
Bolivia-91:1,177,9343,617
East Timor-91:135,375266
Ethiopia-91:10,840,01514,737
Gambia-91:214,066587
Mali-91:1,886,4173,997
Somalia-91:1,502,8743,918
Tajikistan-91:930,5473,856
Tonga-91:11,937236
Uzbekistan-91:3,420,7168,576
Vanuatu-91:29,088709
Finland
 
61%
81:685,3987,121
Guyana-81:95,4087,334
Czechia
68%
 
71:1,522,3094,223
Jordan
71%
 
71:1,260,9686,027
Norfolk Island-71:33262
Slovenia-71:351,2514,834
Syria-71:2,758,0114,869
Cambodia-61:2,712,22228,071
Haiti-61:1,787,82619,076
Kyrgyzstan
100%
61:995,54622,001
Namibia-61:400,6965,862
Senegal
100%
61:2,430,22614,702
Albania-51:609,31420,025
Azerbaijan-51:1,928,58920,785
Brunei
100%
51:83,9141,339
Costa Rica
60%
 
51:953,59010,779
Monaco-51:7,6931,062
Algeria-41:9,544,18014,095
Chad-41:3,399,6008,891
Cook Islands-41:4,538691
Croatia-41:1,054,2699,352
Eritrea-41:1,188,244607
Gabon-41:470,8342,822
Georgia
100%
41:934,61613,351
Israel
94%
 
41:2,100,73020,870
Libya-41:1,555,3271,779
Mongolia-41:733,70410,632
Romania-41:5,012,99431,756
Serbia-41:1,786,4306,903
Solomon Islands-41:145,2396,287
Turkey
 
75%
41:19,450,42745,600
Yemen-41:6,574,1885,851
Andorra-31:27,629798
Armenia-31:972,9188,284
Belize
100%
31:118,1035,590
British Virgin Islands-31:10,4171,527
Colombia-31:15,926,30951,235
Dominica-31:25,157718
Honduras-31:2,939,15620,066
Iceland
100%
31:122,0064,203
Lesotho
100%
31:679,99929,822
Montenegro-31:211,5253,416
Niger
50%
 
31:6,394,66547,369
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
31:37,1933,592
Ukraine-31:15,166,63617,541
Anguilla-21:6,628945
Bhutan
100%
21:412,4644,948
Bosnia and Herzegovina-21:1,762,2296,852
Bulgaria-21:3,495,19519,668
Cyprus
100%
21:435,5383,859
El Salvador-21:3,170,89311,665
Guinea
100%
21:5,929,3246,648
Jamaica-21:1,441,61415,741
Liechtenstein-21:18,928806
Maldives-21:216,9523,781
Moldova-21:1,780,5707,407
Nicaragua
100%
21:3,009,16824,322
Paraguay
50%
 
21:3,618,40211,946
Slovakia-21:2,655,0326,915
American Samoa-11:55,8453,376
Angola-11:26,966,6067,835
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Burundi
100%
11:9,906,5592,558
Falkland Islands-11:3,142392
Grenada
100%
11:108,1254,208
Hungary
 
51%
11:9,791,7716,528
Latvia-11:2,015,6456,531
Lithuania-11:2,951,8825,377
North Macedonia-11:2,090,75715,787
Mauritania-11:4,095,23927,701
Micronesia-11:106,5001,462
Nauru
100%
11:11,927903
Palestine
100%
11:4,550,0585,739
Saint Kitts and Nevis-11:54,8612,604
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
São Tomé and Príncipe-11:191,9975,295
Sierra Leone-11:7,088,6631,497
South Sudan
100%
11:11,551,0193,224
Swaziland-11:1,300,1773,374
Uruguay-11:3,427,63713,958
Wallis and Futuna-11:13,529157

The alternate forms: (337), (122) & (6) are calculated separately.

Jo (438,529) may also be a surname.

Jo Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

The pet-form of Josephine and, loosely, a variant of Joe.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

Jo Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
83337/
83122/
836/
Joy801,461,703/
Jos80145,415/
Joo8063,020/
Djo8021,121/
Joi808,793/
Joa805,844/
Joh804,794/
Jot803,989/
Jou803,383/
Ijo802,487/
Jop802,316/
Jio802,134/
Tjo802,091/
Jod802,089/
Jho801,251/
Jyo80802/
Jgo80783/
Joj80614/
Joz80319/
Juo80263/
Jjo8043/
Hjo8039/
Joë8011/
Zjo807/
Joá805/
Xjo805/
Joï803/
Jzo803/
Jèo802/
Joç801/
Joä801/
Josh67284,474/
Jijo6726,391/
Joop6723,718/
Jost6710,590/
Jodh675,894/
Jood675,831/
Jois675,748/
Joss674,548/
Joud674,207/
Jyot673,005/
Joys673,001/
Jhoy671,475/
Ajjo671,452/
Ijot671,145/
Joos67941/
Jiho67816/
Jioe67669/
Jooj67603/
Djos67552/
Djou67390/
Ajho67368/
Johh67351/
Ajio67323/
Ijuo67294/
Hijo67194/
Joit67189/
Djoi67187/
Djoo67174/
Eijo67168/
Johu67166/
Ujjo67164/
Djho67164/
Djoy67155/
Aijo67140/
Jooa67136/
Ajyo67135/
Tjoi67132/
Jiot67107/
Jhou6798/
Jouz6797/
Juoy6779/
Jouh6779/
Johy6778/
Joch6777/
Joot6773/
Jodd6767/
Josp6765/
Joyd6764/
Ojho6764/
Jott6764/
Jioh6762/
Ijod6760/
Jhoi6759/
Jhoa6758/
Jout6758/
Ijoi6757/
Joph6756/
Ijjo6753/
Ijos6752/
Josë6750/
Joiy6750/
Joyz6748/
Joyt6748/
Jeeo6745/
Djop6745/
Djoï6742/
Josė6741/
Jooe6740/
Jyos6736/
Joid6736/
Jooy6735/
Joiz6735/
Tjou6730/
Jous6728/
Joux6728/
Ijou6727/
Ijoy6727/
Joih6727/
Jozz6726/
Hdjo6724/
Jojj6723/
Jios6721/
Jieo6721/
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Jots6720/
Jjoy6719/
Josd6718/
Jhoj6718/
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Joyj6715/
Jodz6713/
Jioy6713/
Ayjo6713/
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Jyoy6711/
Joup6711/
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Jyoh6710/
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Jooz679/
Ijoo679/
Jhuo679/
Joyh679/
Juoe679/
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Tjoo678/
Tjoy678/
Eyjo678/
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Jopp678/
Shjo678/
Ijoa676/
Djot676/
Jo'd676/
Joip676/
Jjos675/
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Djoî675/
Ejho675/
Jodt675/
Joij675/
Jyod675/
Jyoj674/
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Jotd674/
Juot673/
Zjos673/
Thjo673/
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Joïs673/
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Joëy673/
Juod673/
Djoj672/
Jo'e672/
Johz672/
Joyp672/
Joïa672/
Jojz672/
Ijho672/
Sdjo672/
Ejyo672/
Djod672/
Uijo672/
Juoa672/
Xjoo672/
Jhgo672/
Oijo672/
Josð671/
Hjop671/
Jsco671/
Dhjo671/
Djoz671/
D'Jo671/
Tdjo671/
Ujyo671/
Sjso671/
Hjos671/
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Jo's671/
Jobp671/
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Joîs671/
Joƨh671/
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  • First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - 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 Jo