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
The last name Java (Georgian: ჯავა, Hindi: जवा, Marathi: जावा, Oriya: ଜଭା) occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Javã. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Java? popularity and diffusion
The last name Java is the 32,188th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 440,202 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 64 percent of Java live; 44 percent live in Southeast Asia and 42 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 25,491st most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 33,625 people.
This last name is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 6,971 people, or 1 in 14,523. In The Philippines Java is most common in: Western Visayas, where 32 percent reside, Central Visayas, where 12 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 10 percent reside. Besides The Philippines this last name exists in 81 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 18 percent reside and India, where 17 percent reside.
Java Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Java has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Java last name rose 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 with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 62% being registered with the 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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