Joanna Forename
831st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,049,577 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland
Joanna Forename Definition:
A female name. Joanna occurs in the Authorized Version of the Bible of the New Testament in St Luke’s Gospel, once as the name of a man in the genealogy of Jesus, and again as the name of one of the women who ministered to Jesus. It is apparently a Greek spelling of Hebrew Johanan (see John).
Read More About This ForenameJoanna Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 100% | 681,052 | 1:56 | 8 |
| United States | 100% | 118,632 | 1:3,056 | 523 |
| England | 100% | 73,658 | 1:755 | 172 |
| Philippines | 100% | 37,548 | 1:2,823 | 545 |
| Brazil | 100% | 13,116 | 1:16,334 | 1,590 |
| Canada | 100% | 12,644 | 1:2,620 | 500 |
| Belgium | 100% | 10,515 | 1:1,093 | 261 |
| Australia | - | 8,043 | 1:1,698 | 332 |
| Germany | 100% | 6,069 | 1:15,930 | 850 |
| Mexico | 100% | 5,397 | 1:23,002 | 1,321 |
| France | 100% | 4,255 | 1:15,622 | 806 |
| Scotland | 100% | 3,966 | 1:1,349 | 241 |
| Liberia | 99% | 3,771 | 1:1,170 | 213 |
| New Zealand | - | 3,665 | 1:1,238 | 291 |
| Sweden | 100% | 3,234 | 1:3,048 | 409 |
| Wales | 100% | 3,228 | 1:959 | 228 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,887 | 1:5,855 | 855 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2,543 | 1:1,826 | 289 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2,438 | 1:28,739 | 3,621 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 2,400 | 1:12,584 | 1,245 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 2,303 | 1:77,101 | 4,791 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2,295 | 1:2,452 | 459 |
| China | - | 2,199 | 1:621,217 | 28,421 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 2,029 | 1:15,007 | 1,573 |
| Chile | 100% | 1,982 | 1:8,884 | 713 |
| Spain | 100% | 1,886 | 1:24,671 | 1,345 |
| Ghana | - | 1,742 | 1:15,492 | 1,297 |
| South Africa | 100% | 1,715 | 1:31,797 | 3,810 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,594 | 1:6,544 | 884 |
| Sudan | - | 1,586 | 1:23,838 | 2,295 |
| Gambia | - | 1,384 | 1:1,392 | 243 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1,354 | 1:12,638 | 1,309 |
| Peru | 100% | 1,218 | 1:26,101 | 1,849 |
| Papua New Guinea | 95% | 1,217 | 1:6,699 | 707 |
| Greece | 100% | 1,154 | 1:9,475 | 591 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,107 | 1:27,834 | 3,534 |
| Malta | - | 1,011 | 1:425 | 93 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 902 | 1:2,043 | 332 |
| Egypt | 100% | 868 | 1:105,877 | 4,800 |
| Denmark | - | 844 | 1:6,694 | 684 |
| Singapore | 100% | 821 | 1:7,658 | 1,384 |
| Finland | 100% | 790 | 1:6,941 | 684 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 787 | 1:26,428 | 3,311 |
| Austria | 100% | 751 | 1:11,337 | 672 |
| Norway | 100% | 735 | 1:6,983 | 725 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 726 | 1:25,316 | 2,157 |
| Colombia | 100% | 659 | 1:72,502 | 2,743 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 658 | 1:2,069 | 409 |
| Haiti | 100% | 641 | 1:16,735 | 1,479 |
| Portugal | - | 636 | 1:16,369 | 848 |
| Hong Kong | - | 610 | 1:12,709 | 1,203 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 597 | 1:13,758 | 1,180 |
| Gabon | 100% | 561 | 1:3,357 | 747 |
| Panama | 100% | 539 | 1:7,248 | 1,080 |
| Qatar | 100% | 532 | 1:4,454 | 707 |
| India | 100% | 516 | 1:2,354,415 | 116,370 |
| Italy | 100% | 468 | 1:130,475 | 2,195 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 458 | 1:348,169 | 14,530 |
| Ecuador | - | 431 | 1:41,130 | 1,613 |
| Vanuatu | - | 398 | 1:658 | 164 |
| DR Congo | 96% | 390 | 1:189,302 | 8,440 |
| Jamaica | - | 349 | 1:8,261 | 1,022 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 347 | 1:9,878 | 748 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 313 | 1:49,277 | 4,290 |
| Iraq | 100% | 270 | 1:129,696 | 2,763 |
| Bahamas | - | 264 | 1:1,513 | 359 |
| Fiji | - | 259 | 1:3,445 | 924 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 241 | 1:1,070,389 | 65,189 |
| Japan | - | 217 | 1:589,797 | 11,913 |
| Jordan | 100% | 216 | 1:40,865 | 1,433 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 196 | 1:24,326 | 1,509 |
| Morocco | - | 164 | 1:209,443 | 5,367 |
| Bahrain | - | 163 | 1:8,274 | 1,321 |
| Kuwait | - | 161 | 1:23,511 | 2,397 |
| El Salvador | - | 160 | 1:39,636 | 1,442 |
| Jersey | 100% | 160 | 1:625 | 151 |
| Czechia | 100% | 156 | 1:68,309 | 971 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 156 | 1:1,140 | 181 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 149 | 1:108,110 | 2,283 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 149 | 1:3,899 | 543 |
| Uganda | 99% | 145 | 1:282,462 | 8,404 |
| Argentina | 100% | 122 | 1:350,600 | 3,157 |
| Zambia | - | 119 | 1:133,234 | 5,534 |
| Kenya | - | 118 | 1:392,433 | 12,121 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 113 | 1:4,992 | 554 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 111 | 1:214,141 | 18,464 |
| Estonia | 100% | 106 | 1:12,409 | 1,286 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 101 | 1:213,965 | 8,899 |
| South Korea | 100% | 98 | 1:56,576 | 3,625 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 96 | 1:9,074 | 830 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 92 | 1:77,739 | 6,483 |
| Albania | 100% | 88 | 1:34,620 | 3,633 |
| Iceland | 50% | 72 | 1:5,084 | 595 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 66 | 1:929 | 192 |
| Congo | 100% | 63 | 1:79,511 | 5,402 |
| Cuba | - | 63 | 1:182,644 | 2,763 |
| Gibraltar | - | 63 | 1:542 | 114 |
| Guernsey | - | 63 | 1:1,005 | 214 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 63 | 1:114,870 | 2,648 |
| Grenada | 100% | 62 | 1:1,744 | 369 |
| Guyana | 100% | 62 | 1:12,311 | 1,780 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 60 | 1:59,172 | 1,500 |
| Honduras | 100% | 59 | 1:149,449 | 4,023 |
| Senegal | 100% | 59 | 1:247,142 | 4,529 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 58 | 1:1,598 | 376 |
| Guam | - | 56 | 1:2,869 | 587 |
| Palestine | 100% | 54 | 1:84,260 | 1,771 |
| Russia | 100% | 51 | 1:2,828,112 | 16,785 |
| Belize | 100% | 49 | 1:7,231 | 1,252 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 43 | 1:807 | 176 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 42 | 1:2,613 | 507 |
| Dominica | - | 40 | 1:1,887 | 307 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 39 | 1:6,927 | 846 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 38 | 1:1,439 | 300 |
| Hungary | 100% | 36 | 1:271,994 | 1,280 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 36 | 1:3,099 | 585 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 35 | 1:2,840 | 589 |
| Botswana | - | 32 | 1:68,264 | 6,262 |
| Latvia | 100% | 31 | 1:65,021 | 1,564 |
| Bermuda | - | 28 | 1:2,315 | 496 |
| Turkey | 100% | 28 | 1:2,778,632 | 16,815 |
| Brunei | - | 26 | 1:16,137 | 987 |
| Bulgaria | - | 25 | 1:279,616 | 5,934 |
| Benin | 100% | 22 | 1:480,720 | 16,166 |
| French Polynesia | - | 22 | 1:12,632 | 1,507 |
| Lithuania | - | 21 | 1:140,566 | 1,726 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 21 | 1:2,440 | 366 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 18 | 1:1,736 | 389 |
| Aruba | - | 17 | 1:6,105 | 1,121 |
| Barbados | - | 16 | 1:18,112 | 1,392 |
| East Timor | - | 16 | 1:76,148 | 197 |
| Madagascar | - | 16 | 1:1,476,838 | 2,504 |
| Myanmar | - | 16 | 1:3,246,767 | 1,079 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 16 | 1:710,715 | 1,599 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 16 | 1:331,879 | 1,774 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 15 | 1:1,538,396 | 39,344 |
| Macau | - | 15 | 1:40,547 | 508 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 15 | 1:401,222 | 7,581 |
| Belarus | 90% | 14 | 1:677,313 | 4,005 |
| Vietnam | - | 14 | 1:6,615,937 | 3,775 |
| Croatia | 100% | 13 | 1:324,390 | 4,474 |
| Oman | - | 11 | 1:373,515 | 4,585 |
| Pakistan | 67% | 10 | 1:19,435,768 | 100,312 |
| Ukraine | - | 10 | 1:4,549,991 | 8,360 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 9 | 1:5,865,369 | 30,875 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 8 | 1:2,034,166 | 23,777 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 7 | 1:7,018 | 922 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 7 | 1:291,428 | 17,845 |
| Romania | - | 7 | 1:2,864,568 | 25,615 |
| Cook Islands | - | 6 | 1:3,026 | 469 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 6 | 1:9,144 | 1,176 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 4 | 1:4,436,711 | 24,678 |
| Micronesia | - | 4 | 1:26,625 | 714 |
| Moldova | - | 4 | 1:890,285 | 4,314 |
| Monaco | 100% | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Syria | - | 4 | 1:4,826,519 | 5,774 |
| Armenia | 100% | 3 | 1:972,918 | 8,284 |
| Bolivia | - | 3 | 1:3,533,801 | 5,917 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Serbia | - | 3 | 1:2,381,907 | 7,319 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 3 | 1:819,586 | 6,243 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Anguilla | - | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Cape Verde | - | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Kosovo | - | 2 | 1:930,720 | 16,593 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Israel | 100% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
The alternate forms: Jóanna (1) & Jôanna (1) are calculated separately.
Joanna (1,487) may also be a surname.
Joanna Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Joanna occurs in the Authorized Version of the Bible of the New Testament in St Luke’s Gospel, once as the name of a man in the genealogy of Jesus, and again as the name of one of the women who ministered to Jesus. It is apparently a Greek spelling of Hebrew Johanan (see John). It was first used as a woman’s christian name after the Reformation. Johanna was the usual medieval Latin form of Joan (q.v.), and was taken into use, like other medieval Iatinizations, in the 18th C.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Hebrew (feminine) - God’s grace, or God’s gift.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Jo-an'-nah, the grace or mercy of God. 1. The wife of Cbuza, Herod's steward; one of those women that followed Jesus. Luke viii. 3. 2. The son of Rhesa. Luke iii. 27.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: Jehovah is gracious giver, Greek for Jehohanan.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Grace of the Lord.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Joanna Forename Popularity
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Sample size: 772 (1901)
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