Jaawa Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Jaawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Jaawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jaawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jaawa is found most frequently in Uganda. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jaawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,427,875th most frequently held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. Jaawa is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Jaawa reside; 85 percent reside in East Africa and 85 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most common in Uganda, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 2,296,428. In Uganda Jaawa is primarily concentrated in: Kabarole District, where 82 percent live, Budaka District, where 6 percent live and Kampala District, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda Jaawa exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 5 percent live and Nigeria, where 5 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Jaawa
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