Jinow Surname

503,100th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 653 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Somalia
Highest density in:
Somalia

Jinow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jinow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Somalia6371:21,1181,217
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Jinow (325) may also be a first name.

Jinow Last Name Facts

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

Jinow occurs most in Somalia. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Jinow click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jinow? popularity and diffusion

The surname Jinow is the 503,100th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,160,101 people. Jinow occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Jinow live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 486,495th most frequently held forename globally, borne by 325 people.

Jinow is most widespread in Somalia, where it is held by 637 people, or 1 in 21,118. Outside of Somalia it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 1 percent live and Norway, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jeinow9136/
Jingow914/
Djinow913/
Jinoow911/
Jinowe911/
Jinnow911/
Jignow911/
Inow8911/
Inowe80235/
Jenow80215/
Inowa80168/
Sinow80149/
Ihnow80127/
Zinow8059/
Ginow8046/
Ainow8014/
Jinov804/
Jinaw803/
Jinob802/
Cinow802/
Hinow801/
Inouw801/
Djinouwe771/
Ginnow73214/
Gienow73199/
Zienow7399/
Djinov7314/
Jainaw7311/
Jinova7311/
Zeinow737/
Innowa737/
Jeinov735/
Sujnow735/
Inouwe734/
Hinowa732/
Ainowe732/
Jenowe732/
Gajnow731/
Ingoow731/
Zhinow731/
Scinow731/
Zinowe731/
Zinowa730/
Hinnow730/
Enow6716,805/
Inob67164/
Inov67113/
Inaw6735/
Unow6728/
Inuw6723/
Inof673/
Jnov672/
Dzinowa671/
Jnof671/
Djainov671/
Jinhoff670/

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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 Jinow
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