Jobu Surname
Approximately 3,294 people bear this surname
Jobu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1,970 | 1:64,896 | 4,744 |
| Tanzania | 1,172 | 1:45,172 | 5,106 |
| Nigeria | 95 | 1:1,864,661 | 66,902 |
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | 1:214,572 | 29,580 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Jobu (17,950) may also be a first name.
Jobu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jobu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jobu (Hindi: जोबू, Marathi: जोबु) occurs in Japan more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jobu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 136,286th most common last name on earth, held by around 1 in 2,212,370 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 60 percent of Jobu live; 60 percent live in East Asia and 60 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Jobu is also the 40,908th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 17,950 people.
Jobu is most commonly held in Japan, where it is borne by 1,970 people, or 1 in 64,896. In Japan Jobu is most numerous in: Tochigi Prefecture, where 17 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 12 percent live and Iwate Prefecture, where 11 percent live. Beside Japan it occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 36 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jobu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jobu in the Hindi language | ||
| जोबू | jobu | 88.89 |
| जोबु | jobu | 11.11 |
| Jobu in the Marathi language | ||
| जोबु | jobu | 58.33 |
| जोबू | jobu | 41.67 |
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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 Jobu
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