Jobwe Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Jobwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Jobwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jobwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jobwe is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jobwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,117,718th most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Jobwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Jobwe reside; 86 percent reside in East Africa and 86 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania Jobwe is most prevalent in: Kigoma Region, where 100 percent are found. Not including Tanzania Jobwe occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 14 percent are found and Kenya, where 14 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
- 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 Jobwe
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