Jabu Surname
Approximately 7,636 people bear this surname
Jabu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,594 | 1:20,409 | 2,571 |
| Malawi | 2,039 | 1:8,396 | 1,286 |
| Malaysia | 874 | 1:33,746 | 2,847 |
| Kenya | 731 | 1:63,174 | 6,142 |
| India | 376 | 1:2,040,068 | 69,568 |
| Indonesia | 347 | 1:381,122 | 32,528 |
| Nigeria | 175 | 1:1,012,244 | 42,687 |
| Cameroon | 98 | 1:211,929 | 21,585 |
| South Africa | 88 | 1:615,656 | 46,403 |
| Papua New Guinea | 58 | 1:140,581 | 19,337 |
| Zimbabwe | 56 | 1:275,683 | 28,626 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Yemen | 8 | 1:3,303,162 | 16,088 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Jabu (36,694) may also be a first name.
Jabu Demographics
Average Jabu Salary in
South Africa
R 153,840
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Jabu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jabu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jabu (Bengali: জাবু, Georgian: ჯაბუ, Hindi: जबु, Marathi: जबु, Oriya: ଜାବୁ) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jabu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jabu is the 65,373rd most common surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 954,367 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Jabu reside; 44 percent reside in East Africa and 44 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Jabu is also the 23,833rd most numerous forename throughout the world. It is borne by 36,694 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 2,594 people, or 1 in 20,409. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Zanzibar Urban West Region, where 17 percent reside, Mtwara Region, where 12 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 12 percent reside. Not including Tanzania Jabu exists in 41 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 27 percent reside and Malaysia, where 11 percent reside.
Jabu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Muslim (59%) in Kenya.
Jabu earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 35.26% less than the national average, earning R 153,840 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jabu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jabu in the Georgian language | ||
| ჯაბუ | jabu | - |
| Jabu in the Bengali language | ||
| জাবু | jabu | 50 |
| জবু | jabu | 50 |
| Jabu in the Hindi language | ||
| जबु | jabu | 44.94 |
| जबू | jabu | 41.3 |
| जाबू | jabu | 8.5 |
| जाबु | jabu | 4.86 |
| Jabu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜାବୁ | jabu | 36.84 |
| ଯବୁ | yabu | 26.32 |
| ଜବୁ | jabu | 26.32 |
| ଯାବୁ | yabu | 10.53 |
| Jabu in the Marathi language | ||
| जबु | jabu | 36.26 |
| जाबु | jabu | 25.73 |
| जबू | jabu | 19.88 |
| जाबू | jabu | 17.54 |
| झबु | jhabu | 0.58 |
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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 Jabu
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