Jehovah Surname

1,746,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Scotland

Jehovah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jehovah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria981:1,807,57965,389
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
England11:55,718,059489,080
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Jehovah (571) may also be a first name.

Jehovah Last Name Facts

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

Jehovah is found most in Nigeria. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Jehovah.

How Common Is The Last Name Jehovah? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,746,159th most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Jehovah reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 350,891st most numerous given name globally, borne by 571 people.

This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 98 people, or 1 in 1,807,579. In Nigeria Jehovah is primarily found in: Akwa Ibom, where 34 percent live, Rivers, where 31 percent live and Edo, where 18 percent live. Not including Nigeria Jehovah occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 6 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jehova9243/
Jeovah921/
Yehovah8625/
Jeova834/
Jehovhas801/
Yehova7712/
Jehová774/
Jeovai772/
Jehofa772/
Jehava771/
Jeevah771/
Eova732/
Jehoffa716/
Ijhavah713/
Ejhavah713/
Geova6725/
Ehowa676/
Yeova674/
Jeoshuah671/
Jeoba671/
Ehovo671/

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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 Jehovah
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