Jews Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Jews Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jews Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States761:660,77243,333

Jews (45) may also be a first name.

Jews Last Name Facts

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

Jews occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jews? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,649,889th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 67 percent of Jews are found; 67 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 61 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Jews is also the 1,504,468th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 45 people.

It is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 2,681,293. In Malaysia Jews is primarily concentrated in: Sarawak, where 73 percent reside and Sabah, where 27 percent reside. Barring Malaysia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent reside and Thailand, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jewst892/
Djewse801/
Yews7552/
Jefs7514/
Gews7513/
Jebs757/
Sews754/
Jyws752/
Ewsh751/
Zews751/
Iews751/
Jevs751/
Ewws751/
Cews750/
Jewz750/
Jeffs679,135/
Jevås6718/
D'Ews676/
Jephs671/
Jefss671/
Jeafs671/
Jywxs671/
Sewsz671/
Scews670/
Jefse670/

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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 Jews
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