Jawes Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Jawes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Jawes (63) may also be a first name.
Jawes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jawes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jawes occurs most in Nigeria. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jawes? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most common surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Jawes live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,234,572nd most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 63 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is most common in: Akwa Ibom, where 100 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Jawes occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 25 percent reside and England, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Jawes
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