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 found most frequently in Japan. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Joken click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Joken? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,064,392nd most frequent family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 31,143,359 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Joken live; 87 percent live in East Asia and 86 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Joken is also the 426,190th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 409 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Japan, where it is borne by 202 people, or 1 in 632,893. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Nagano Prefecture, where 52 percent are found, Hiroshima Prefecture, where 29 percent are found and Kumamoto Prefecture, where 12 percent are found. Beside Japan this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 6 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
Joken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Joken has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Joken last name decreased 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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