Jawz Surname

1,073,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 231 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Maldives

Jawz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jawz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1831:502,38128,715
Afghanistan311:1,037,1999,747
Pakistan131:13,741,83758,392
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Jawz (31) may also be a first name.

Jawz Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jawz Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Jawz (Arabic: عجوز) is found most frequently in Egypt. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jawz? popularity and diffusion

Jawz is the 1,073,555th most common family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,547,818 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Jawz are found; 79 percent are found in North Africa and 79 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Jawz is also the 1,874,099th most common forename internationally. It is borne by 31 people.

The last name Jawz is most frequent in Egypt, where it is held by 183 people, or 1 in 502,381. Outside of Egypt this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 13 percent are found and Pakistan, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jowz7518/
Jafz7510/
Sawz755/
Javz752/
Jaws751/
Cawz751/
Jabz751/
Yawz751/
Jawx751/
Jaefz671/
Javrz671/
Jawsd671/
Jawsh671/
Jawts670/

Jawz Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Jawz in the Arabic language
عجوزjwz-

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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 Jawz
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