Johore Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Johore Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Johore Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia301:983,14144,226
India271:28,409,829361,298
England91:6,190,895170,599
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Ivory Coast31:7,690,41157,263
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521

Johore (23) may also be a first name.

Johore Last Name Facts

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

The last name Johore (Hindi: जोहोरे, Marathi: जोहोरे) occurs most in Malaysia. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Johore? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,034,059th most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 68 percent of Johore live; 35 percent live in Southeast Asia and 35 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,239,265th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 23 people.

This surname is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 983,141. In Malaysia Johore is primarily concentrated in: Johor, where 30 percent live, Sarawak, where 20 percent live and Terengganu, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Malaysia this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 32 percent live and England, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Johorey9216/
Jhohore925/
Johorie921/
Johare833,218/
Johori832,166/
Yohore83244/
Jahore8333/
Jojore8310/
Johory834/
Joharie7785/
Jahorie7751/
Joahrie776/
Johouri775/
Jhohare774/
Yohoure771/
Jauhore771/
Johatre771/
Jahoree771/
Joauhre771/
Yoore7320/
Joare7314/
Hjoharie711/
Youhoure711/
Johari6730,316/
Johary674,093/
Jahori67112/
Jouare6776/
Joares6759/
Joarez6731/
Jaoure678/
Jhoari676/
Joarer674/
Jaohri674/
Joahri673/
Jojori672/
Joahra671/
Yooure671/
Joarey671/
Yoorie671/
Joaret671/
Heaore671/
Joarge671/
Joatre671/
Youore671/
Yohori671/

Johore Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Johore in the Hindi language
जोहोरेjohore-
Johore in the Marathi language
जोहोरेjohore95.24
जोहराjohara4.76

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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 Johore
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