Java Surname
Approximately 16,555 people bear this surname
Java Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 6,971 | 1:14,523 | 1,584 |
| Angola | 2,958 | 1:9,124 | 1,120 |
| India | 2,847 | 1:269,429 | 15,405 |
| Peru | 904 | 1:35,159 | 3,416 |
| Zimbabwe | 733 | 1:21,062 | 3,140 |
| United States | 409 | 1:886,208 | 67,037 |
| Saudi Arabia | 318 | 1:97,031 | 14,320 |
| Indonesia | 287 | 1:460,799 | 38,176 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Pakistan | 130 | 1:1,374,184 | 15,529 |
| Papua New Guinea | 94 | 1:86,742 | 11,495 |
| Mexico | 75 | 1:1,655,016 | 17,098 |
| Tanzania | 73 | 1:725,228 | 41,094 |
| Latvia | 60 | 1:34,167 | 5,221 |
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| Colombia | 34 | 1:1,405,120 | 10,559 |
| Canada | 30 | 1:1,228,186 | 88,140 |
| South Africa | 29 | 1:1,868,197 | 87,346 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| Namibia | 27 | 1:89,237 | 8,105 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| China | 22 | 1:62,150,980 | 3,380 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Malaysia | 21 | 1:1,404,487 | 59,312 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| Taiwan | 17 | 1:1,379,103 | 9,281 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Mauritius | 6 | 1:215,570 | 8,537 |
| Ireland | 5 | 1:941,788 | 16,185 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Albania | 4 | 1:728,514 | 20,844 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Javã (1) are calculated separately.
Java (33,625) may also be a first name.
Java Demographics
Average Java Salary in
United States
$38,027 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Java Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Java Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Java (Georgian: ჯავა, Hindi: जवा, Marathi: जावा, Oriya: ଜଭା) is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Javã. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Java? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 32,188th most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 440,202 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 64 percent of Java are found; 44 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 42 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Java is also the 25,491st most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 33,625 people.
It is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 6,971 people, or 1 in 14,523. In The Philippines Java is mostly concentrated in: Western Visayas, where 32 percent live, Central Visayas, where 12 percent live and National Capital Region, where 10 percent live. Outside of The Philippines this surname is found in 81 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 18 percent live and India, where 17 percent live.
Java Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Java has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Java surname expanded 40,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Java Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Java are 8.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62% being registered with the political party.
The amount Java earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 47.69% less than the national average, earning S/. 10,141 per year; in South Africa they earn 89.09% less than the national average, earning R 25,920 per year; in Colombia they earn 27.23% less than the national average, earning $16,521,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 11.87% less than the national average, earning $38,027 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.22% less than the national average, earning $47,088 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Java Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Java in the Georgian language | ||
| ჯავა | java | - |
| Java in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜଭା | jabha | - |
| Java in the Marathi language | ||
| जावा | java | 87.82 |
| जवा | java | 11.78 |
| जाव | java | 0.4 |
| Java in the Hindi language | ||
| जवा | java | 54.25 |
| जावा | java | 44.8 |
| जेवा | jeva | 0.16 |
| जव | java | 0.16 |
| जवां | javam | 0.08 |
| जमा | jama | 0.08 |
| जबा | jaba | 0.08 |
| जैवा | jaiva | 0.08 |
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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 Java
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