Jona Forename
16,374th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 57,693 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Fiji
Jona Forename Definition:
Or JONAS, Jo'-nah, Jo'-nas, a dove, he that oppresses. The name of Peter s father. Matt xvi. 17.
Jona Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 98% | 24,745 | 1:4,284 | 731 |
| India | 52% | 5,802 | 1:209,390 | 21,495 |
| United States | 89% | 3,537 | 1:102,498 | 4,513 |
| Nigeria | 99% | 3,087 | 1:57,520 | 3,987 |
| Papua New Guinea | 66% | 2,290 | 1:3,560 | 391 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 2,022 | 1:7,628 | 1,086 |
| Namibia | - | 1,785 | 1:1,347 | 275 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,697 | 1:152,012 | 15,720 |
| DR Congo | 79% | 966 | 1:76,426 | 4,362 |
| Egypt | 87% | 933 | 1:98,500 | 4,548 |
| Uganda | 82% | 907 | 1:45,156 | 2,793 |
| Albania | 100% | 830 | 1:3,671 | 739 |
| Fiji | - | 777 | 1:1,148 | 274 |
| Haiti | 100% | 706 | 1:15,194 | 1,397 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 686 | 1:12,208 | 1,156 |
| Ghana | 100% | 674 | 1:40,039 | 2,307 |
| Kenya | 100% | 587 | 1:78,888 | 4,561 |
| Malawi | 88% | 529 | 1:32,348 | 2,463 |
| South Africa | 97% | 519 | 1:105,073 | 8,372 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Nepal | 86% | 451 | 1:63,165 | 4,180 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| Brazil | 100% | 340 | 1:630,106 | 19,127 |
| Netherlands | 56% | 287 | 1:58,892 | 3,795 |
| Belgium | 98% | 234 | 1:49,103 | 2,427 |
| Slovenia | 85% | 230 | 1:10,690 | 946 |
| Zambia | - | 229 | 1:69,235 | 3,815 |
| Germany | 75% | 222 | 1:435,486 | 4,880 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 192 | 1:123,800 | 13,530 |
| Pakistan | 59% | 179 | 1:1,085,797 | 18,548 |
| Canada | 100% | 139 | 1:238,370 | 8,449 |
| England | 57% | 118 | 1:471,211 | 10,214 |
| Sweden | 59% | 104 | 1:94,788 | 4,148 |
| Malaysia | 51% | 70 | 1:434,999 | 19,786 |
| Denmark | - | 56 | 1:100,884 | 2,907 |
| Mexico | 67% | 49 | 1:2,533,560 | 13,588 |
| Cameroon | 80% | 48 | 1:450,219 | 15,015 |
| Kuwait | - | 47 | 1:80,538 | 6,521 |
| Italy | 77% | 39 | 1:1,565,695 | 11,845 |
| Thailand | 52% | 39 | 1:1,796,559 | 52,686 |
| Iceland | - | 38 | 1:9,632 | 896 |
| China | - | 37 | 1:36,920,427 | 61,501 |
| Norway | 100% | 31 | 1:165,559 | 4,446 |
| Serbia | 57% | 30 | 1:238,191 | 3,800 |
| Switzerland | 71% | 30 | 1:273,783 | 5,582 |
| Venezuela | 57% | 28 | 1:1,078,639 | 22,683 |
| Liberia | 92% | 27 | 1:163,410 | 6,165 |
| Qatar | 85% | 26 | 1:91,139 | 11,761 |
| Spain | - | 26 | 1:1,789,614 | 11,088 |
| Singapore | 100% | 24 | 1:261,961 | 9,116 |
| Austria | 57% | 23 | 1:370,183 | 3,999 |
| Argentina | 78% | 22 | 1:1,944,238 | 7,405 |
| France | 86% | 21 | 1:3,165,254 | 15,580 |
| Finland | 72% | 17 | 1:322,540 | 4,487 |
| New Zealand | - | 17 | 1:266,826 | 8,395 |
| Russia | 100% | 17 | 1:8,484,336 | 34,226 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 17 | 1:3,105,195 | 23,654 |
| Chile | 64% | 16 | 1:1,100,450 | 9,633 |
| Kosovo | - | 15 | 1:124,096 | 6,158 |
| Peru | 93% | 14 | 1:2,270,818 | 22,263 |
| Ireland | 50% | 12 | 1:386,960 | 5,608 |
| Australia | - | 11 | 1:1,241,602 | 13,569 |
| Guatemala | - | 11 | 1:1,464,403 | 5,160 |
| Hong Kong | - | 10 | 1:775,272 | 5,181 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Benin | 56% | 9 | 1:1,175,094 | 27,937 |
| Ecuador | - | 9 | 1:1,969,658 | 11,243 |
| El Salvador | - | 9 | 1:704,643 | 5,397 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 7 | 1:7,018 | 922 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 7 | 1:1,021,713 | 39,786 |
| Colombia | - | 6 | 1:7,963,154 | 36,949 |
| Japan | - | 6 | 1:21,331,010 | 46,700 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 6 | 1:491,980 | 2,375 |
| Nicaragua | 75% | 5 | 1:1,203,667 | 14,616 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Honduras | - | 4 | 1:2,204,367 | 17,261 |
| Macau | - | 4 | 1:152,052 | 991 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Croatia | - | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| Scotland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,783,455 | 14,297 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 3 | 1:193,652 | 6,393 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 3 | 1:453,806 | 18,410 |
| Belarus | - | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Czechia | 50% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Greece | - | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Saint Lucia | 50% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Wales | - | 2 | 1:1,547,154 | 12,610 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Angola | 100% | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Costa Rica | - | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Israel | - | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Turkey | 100% | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Jóna (1,682), Joña (2) & Jôna (1) are calculated separately.
Jona (9,513) may also be a surname.
Jona Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Or JONAS, Jo'-nah, Jo'-nas, a dove, he that oppresses. The name of Peter s father. Matt xvi. 17.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: Greek for Jonah.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
Jona Forename Popularity
Jona Demographics
Jona Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 6 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
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