Joanese Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Joanese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 31 | 1:951,427 | 42,969 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Joanese (57) may also be a first name.
Joanese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Joanese Come From? nationality or country of origin
Joanese is found in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Joanese? popularity and diffusion
The last name Joanese is the 3,323,005th most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 89 percent of Joanese reside; 89 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 89 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Joanese is also the 1,308,380th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 57 people.
The surname Joanese is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 951,427. In Malaysia Joanese is most frequent in: Sabah, where 81 percent reside, Sarawak, where 10 percent reside and Kuala Lumpur, where 6 percent reside. Besides Malaysia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 9 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Joanese
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