Jinwoo Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Korea
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Jinwoo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jinwoo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
China21:683,660,78330,601
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622

Jinwoo (2,090) may also be a first name.

Jinwoo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jinwoo is borne by more people in South Korea than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jinwoo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,772,636th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. Jinwoo is predominantly found in Asia, where 71 percent of Jinwoo are found; 41 percent are found in East Asia and 24 percent are found in Koreanic Asia. It is also the 164,660th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 2,090 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in South Korea, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 12,810,064. In South Korea Jinwoo is mostly concentrated in: Seoul, where 25 percent reside. Other than South Korea this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 24 percent reside and China, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jinwo913/
Sinwoo831/
Inwo8026/
Jnwo801/
Hinwood77417/
Djinwou771/
Inwoods771/
Innwood771/
Ginwood770/
Einwood770/
Jinbo7317,260/
Jinvo7368/
Jinwu7330/
Jinwa736/
Sinwo733/
Ajnwo732/
Inwoy731/
Inwos731/
Jenwo731/
Zinwo731/
Inwoa731/
Inhwo731/
Inwod731/
Hainwood710/
Jinhuo676/
Isinwo676/
Jinhwa674/
Ihnnwo673/
Djinwa672/
Oinewo672/
Imwood672/
Inwouy671/
Jienuo671/
Jinwat671/
Eunwoo671/

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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 Jinwoo
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