Joay Surname
Approximately 122 people bear this surname
Joay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 114 | 1:1,877,845 | 60,321 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Joay (78) may also be a first name.
Joay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Joay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Joay is most common in Brazil. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Joay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Joay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,637,889th most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 59,733,983 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Joay reside; 93 percent reside in South America and 93 percent reside in Luso-South America. Joay is also the 1,091,646th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 78 people.
The last name Joay is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 114 people, or 1 in 1,877,845. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: Paraná, where 95 percent are found, Santa Catarina, where 4 percent are found and Maranhão, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Brazil Joay is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 3 percent are found and Taiwan, where 2 percent are found.
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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
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- 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 Joay
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