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
Java Political Affiliation
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Java Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Java Come From? nationality or country of origin
Java (Georgian: ჯავა, Hindi: जवा, Marathi: जावा, Oriya: ଜଭା) is more commonly found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Javã. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Java? popularity and diffusion
The last name Java is the 32,188th most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 440,202 people. The last name Java is predominantly found 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. It is also the 25,491st most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 33,625 people.
The surname is most common in The Philippines, where it is borne by 6,971 people, or 1 in 14,523. In The Philippines it is most prevalent in: Western Visayas, where 32 percent reside, Central Visayas, where 12 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 10 percent reside. Apart from The Philippines this last name occurs in 81 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 18 percent reside and India, where 17 percent reside.
Java Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Java has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Java last name expanded 40,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Java Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Java last name are 8.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 62% being registered to vote for 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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