Jocys Surname

457,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 740 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lithuania
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Jocys Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jocys Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lithuania6461:4,698734
England461:1,211,26256,182
Brazil231:9,307,580200,052
Northern Ireland71:263,57711,625
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Jočys (129) are calculated separately.

Jocys Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jocys is more frequently found in Lithuania than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Jočys. For other possible spellings of Jocys click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jocys? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 457,199th most widespread last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 9,848,035 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Jocys live; 95 percent live in Northern Europe and 87 percent live in Baltic Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Lithuania, where it is carried by 646 people, or 1 in 4,698. In Lithuania it is most prevalent in: Klaipėda County, where 50 percent are found, Tauragė County, where 27 percent are found and Telšiai County, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Lithuania this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in England, where 6 percent are found and Brazil, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jočys93129/
Juocys9121/
Joczys9119/
Joucys911/
Joicys911/
Jucys80578/
Jocis8071/
Jacys807/
Yocys802/
Joces802/
Juočys7317/
Joyces739/
Joches735/
Joczes734/
Jhoces732/
Eochys731/
Jocisz731/
Jochis731/
Joseys731/
Jocish730/
Joices730/
Jochets676/
Joiceus671/
Joysies670/

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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 Jocys
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