Joel Surname
Approximately 161,330 people bear this surname
Joel Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Joel' or 'Johel,' a fairly favourite name in the 13th and 14th centuries; v. Jewell.
Joel de Stok, Close Rolls, 47 Henry III. Joelus de Bosco, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp.
Read More About This SurnameJoel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 61,940 | 1:2,860 | 367 |
| Tanzania | 36,495 | 1:1,451 | 189 |
| Chad | 14,635 | 1:929 | 161 |
| Kenya | 7,638 | 1:6,046 | 829 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5,619 | 1:1,451 | 47 |
| Angola | 4,535 | 1:5,951 | 818 |
| Rwanda | 4,341 | 1:2,618 | 637 |
| Madagascar | 3,104 | 1:7,619 | 1,529 |
| United States | 2,196 | 1:165,054 | 16,759 |
| Ethiopia | 1,610 | 1:60,588 | 6,165 |
| Namibia | 1,579 | 1:1,526 | 202 |
| Ghana | 1,524 | 1:17,730 | 2,249 |
| England | 1,193 | 1:46,704 | 5,875 |
| South Africa | 1,009 | 1:53,694 | 6,824 |
| Malawi | 915 | 1:18,709 | 2,930 |
| Sri Lanka | 877 | 1:23,727 | 3,118 |
| India | 872 | 1:879,662 | 38,460 |
| Cameroon | 855 | 1:24,291 | 3,293 |
| Togo | 840 | 1:8,628 | 2,051 |
| Vanuatu | 826 | 1:319 | 47 |
| DR Congo | 814 | 1:90,761 | 10,309 |
| Botswana | 728 | 1:3,004 | 390 |
| Bangladesh | 541 | 1:294,560 | 8,696 |
| Saudi Arabia | 477 | 1:64,687 | 9,689 |
| France | 418 | 1:158,906 | 24,682 |
| Philippines | 364 | 1:278,127 | 40,404 |
| Marshall Islands | 357 | 1:145 | 5 |
| Dominican Republic | 354 | 1:29,472 | 1,755 |
| Lesotho | 331 | 1:6,141 | 1,282 |
| Australia | 318 | 1:84,892 | 9,824 |
| Zimbabwe | 311 | 1:49,641 | 7,575 |
| Germany | 302 | 1:266,574 | 28,403 |
| Canada | 293 | 1:125,753 | 13,150 |
| Malaysia | 269 | 1:109,644 | 7,364 |
| Portugal | 236 | 1:44,145 | 2,563 |
| Brazil | 226 | 1:947,232 | 33,775 |
| Indonesia | 163 | 1:811,345 | 61,613 |
| Liberia | 163 | 1:27,046 | 2,616 |
| Micronesia | 163 | 1:652 | 167 |
| Solomon Islands | 160 | 1:3,625 | 407 |
| United Arab Emirates | 145 | 1:63,188 | 6,055 |
| Iraq | 110 | 1:318,379 | 6,214 |
| Mexico | 108 | 1:1,149,317 | 14,171 |
| Singapore | 90 | 1:61,197 | 2,397 |
| New Zealand | 89 | 1:50,880 | 8,201 |
| Ivory Coast | 75 | 1:307,616 | 11,461 |
| Guyana | 65 | 1:11,726 | 1,676 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 57 | 1:23,929 | 2,651 |
| Hong Kong | 56 | 1:130,991 | 2,371 |
| Uganda | 55 | 1:709,805 | 35,417 |
| Haiti | 54 | 1:197,850 | 7,674 |
| Pakistan | 52 | 1:3,435,459 | 26,277 |
| Nicaragua | 49 | 1:122,879 | 2,037 |
| Colombia | 48 | 1:995,293 | 9,207 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Mozambique | 36 | 1:757,266 | 1,613 |
| Thailand | 36 | 1:1,962,176 | 235,280 |
| Benin | 33 | 1:313,200 | 25,349 |
| Wales | 33 | 1:93,774 | 7,567 |
| Taiwan | 28 | 1:837,312 | 5,934 |
| Denmark | 27 | 1:209,064 | 16,975 |
| Lebanon | 27 | 1:208,781 | 8,577 |
| Netherlands | 27 | 1:625,451 | 53,034 |
| China | 23 | 1:59,448,764 | 3,236 |
| Belgium | 21 | 1:547,459 | 51,586 |
| Chile | 19 | 1:927,183 | 19,125 |
| Russia | 19 | 1:7,585,424 | 283,555 |
| Scotland | 18 | 1:297,434 | 13,849 |
| Burundi | 16 | 1:612,803 | 644 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Guatemala | 13 | 1:1,237,128 | 5,444 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Yemen | 13 | 1:2,032,715 | 13,240 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Iceland | 12 | 1:31,674 | 2,357 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Peru | 8 | 1:3,973,015 | 32,693 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Puerto Rico | 7 | 1:507,163 | 3,435 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1:41,919 | 1,654 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Macau | 2 | 1:300,815 | 1,009 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1 | 1:6,399 | 357 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 635 | 1:38,386 | 4,931 |
| Wales | 27 | 1:58,089 | 2,880 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:340,292 | 10,329 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:17,294 | 2,528 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 298 | 1:168,519 | 15,231 |
The alternate forms: Joél (10), Joèl (8), Joêl (3) & Jóel (1) are calculated separately.
Joel (2,304,352) may also be a first name.
Joel Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Joel' or 'Johel,' a fairly favourite name in the 13th and 14th centuries; v. Jewell.
Joel de Stok, Close Rolls, 47 Henry III. Joelus de Bosco, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
William Joel, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Joel le Warrener. Rolls of Parliament.
Johel Thenkersman, Close Rolls, 1 Edward II.
Joel de Bukyngton, Close Rolls, 15 Richard II.
1723. Married — John Joel and Elizabeth Hippeth: St. Mary Aldermary.
1789. — William Gibb and Mary Joel: St. George, Hanover Square.
From the OF. personal name Johel, well evidenced in ME. records. William and Alexander, sons of Joel (Johel, Juhel, or Yuel), were burgesses of Perth in the reign of Alexander II (Scon, p. 52, 58, 62). compare Yell.
(Hebrew) Jehovah (is) God [Hebrew Yóél-the contraction form of Y·hóváh + El, God]
“Jehovah is God” in Hebrew.
The personal name, common among the Jews.
Joel Demographics
Average Joel Salary in
United States
$47,133 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Joel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Joel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Joel (Arabic: جُويل, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻮﻳﻞ, Hindi: जोएल, Marathi: जोएल, Oriya: ଜଏଲ) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Joél, Joèl, Joêl or Jóel. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Joel? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,469th most common surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 45,172 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Joel reside; 49 percent reside in West Africa and 40 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 246th most common first name globally, held by 2,304,352 people.
Joel is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 61,940 people, or 1 in 2,860. In Nigeria Joel is most frequent in: Borno, where 18 percent live, Adamawa, where 7 percent live and Taraba, where 6 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 138 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 23 percent live and Chad, where 9 percent live.
Joel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Joel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Joel last name rose 737 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 188 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 122 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 164 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 1,500 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Joel Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Joel last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland, Christian (98%) in Kenya, Armenian Catholic (80%) in Lebanon and Christian (98%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Joel surname are 37.81% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 91.04% registered with the party.
The amount Joel earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 13.32% less than the national average, earning R 205,992 per year; in Colombia they earn 12.65% more than the national average, earning $25,574,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 9.23% more than the national average, earning $47,133 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.98% more than the national average, earning $59,111 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Joel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Joel in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﻮﻳﻞ | jwyl | - |
| Joel in the Marathi language | ||
| जोएल | jo'ela | 75.77 |
| जॉएल | jo'ela | 7.22 |
| जोयेल | joyela | 6.7 |
| जोअेल | joaela | 2.58 |
| ज्योएल | jyo'ela | 2.58 |
| जोवेल | jovela | 2.06 |
| जोल | jola | 1.55 |
| जॉल | jola | 0.52 |
| Joel in the Hindi language | ||
| जोएल | jo'ela | 69.32 |
| जोयल | joyala | 29.55 |
| Joel in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜଏଲ | ja'ela | 66.67 |
| େଜାଏଲ୍ | eja'el | 16.67 |
| ଜଏଲ୍ | ja'el | 16.67 |
| Joel in the Arabic language | ||
| جُويل | juyl | - |
| يوئيل | ywyyl | - |
| جاويل | jawyl | - |
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