Djew Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Djew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Djew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania121:341,23914,334
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Djew Last Name Facts

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

The surname Djew (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻮ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Djew? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,772,636th most common family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Djew reside; 76 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

Djew is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 341,239. In Mauritania Djew is most frequent in: Brakna Region, where 50 percent reside, Gorgol Region, where 17 percent reside and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Mauritania this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent reside and Cameroon, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Djewe89160/
Dijew893/
Djiew892/
Djeew891/
Jew862,171/
Djiewe805/
Diew7511,746/
Jewe75148/
Tjew75126/
Jeew7535/
Djef7522/
Jeaw758/
Jeww755/
Djiw752/
Jzew751/
Jgew751/
Jeyw751/
Jewh751/
Jewf751/
Jesw751/
Xjew751/
Jehw751/
Djebowa731/
Djiwe6757/
Diews6745/
Diewe6722/
Djefe6719/
Jheew6714/
Dijev678/
Deejw675/
Djeph674/
Jeesw673/
Hjeew672/
Jeeww672/
Jeejw672/
Djeff672/
Jeewe672/
Djife671/
Jewtt671/
Djeif671/
Djiev671/
Jeiwe671/
Djeuv671/
Jehew671/
Dgiew671/
Dhiew671/
Djieb671/
Djeab671/
Diojw671/
Dhyew671/

Djew Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Djew in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺟﻮjw77.78
ﺟﻴﻮjyw11.11
ﺍﺟﻮajw11.11

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - 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 Djew
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