di Gioia Surname

69,120th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,176 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

di Gioia Surname User-submission:

The surname di Gioia comes from the auspicious and affectionate nickname derived from gioia, meaning 'jewel', 'precious object', then transformed into a surname in the Middle Ages, other times it is linked to the different toponyms that contain the name gioia, as Gioia of Marsi (Aquila), Gioia del Colle (Bari), Gioia Sannitica (Caserta), Gioia Tauro and Gioiosa Jonica (Reggio Calabria), Gioiosa Marea (Messina).

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di Gioia Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy6,4531:9,4771,420
France2431:273,34542,057
Argentina1211:353,25127,617
United States1001:3,624,589201,936
Brazil691:3,102,52789,979
Venezuela621:487,1639,407
Switzerland521:157,94114,824
England231:2,422,52489,093
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
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di Gioia Surname Meaning

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The surname di Gioia comes from the auspicious and affectionate nickname derived from gioia, meaning 'jewel', 'precious object', then transformed into a surname in the Middle Ages, other times it is linked to the different toponyms that contain the name gioia, as Gioia of Marsi (Aquila), Gioia del Colle (Bari), Gioia Sannitica (Caserta), Gioia Tauro and Gioiosa Jonica (Reggio Calabria), Gioiosa Marea (Messina).

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di Gioia Demographics

Average di Gioia Salary in
United States

$86,246 USD

Per year
Rank:
43,355 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
2.93265E-5
Rank: 198,558 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
199.87%
Sample size: 29 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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di Gioia Last Name Facts

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

The surname di Gioia is more commonly found in Italy than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of di Gioia.

How Common Is The Last Name di Gioia? popularity and diffusion

The surname di Gioia is the 69,120th most common last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,015,544 people. The last name di Gioia occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of di Gioia reside; 90 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 90 percent reside in Italic Europe.

The surname di Gioia is most commonly held in Italy, where it is held by 6,453 people, or 1 in 9,477. In Italy di Gioia is most common in: Apulia, where 53 percent live, Campania, where 12 percent live and Lombardy, where 8 percent live. Aside from Italy di Gioia occurs in 26 countries. It is also common in France, where 3 percent live and Argentina, where 2 percent live.

di Gioia Last Name Statistics demography

The amount di Gioia earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 13.01% less than the national average, earning €26,124 per year and in United States they earn 99.88% more than the national average, earning $86,246 USD per year.

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de Gioia881,146/
Di-Gioia885/
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De-Gioia7511/
di Cuia67508/
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