Joken Surname
Approximately 234 people bear this surname
Joken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 202 | 1:632,893 | 16,232 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Joken (409) may also be a first name.
Joken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Joken Come From? nationality or country of origin
Joken (Hindi: जोकेन, Marathi: जोकेन) is more frequently found in Japan than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Joken? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,064,392nd most frequently held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 31,143,359 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 94 percent of Joken reside; 87 percent reside in East Asia and 86 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Joken is also the 426,190th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 409 people.
The surname Joken is most frequent in Japan, where it is borne by 202 people, or 1 in 632,893. In Japan it is primarily concentrated in: Nagano Prefecture, where 52 percent are found, Hiroshima Prefecture, where 29 percent are found and Kumamoto Prefecture, where 12 percent are found. Not including Japan Joken occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 6 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
Joken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Joken has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Joken last name contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Joken Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Joken in the Hindi language | ||
| जोकेन | jokena | - |
| Joken in the Marathi language | ||
| जोकेन | jokena | - |
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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 Joken
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