Jona Surname
Approximately 9,513 people bear this surname
Jona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,214 | 1:55,116 | 4,180 |
| South Africa | 1,835 | 1:29,525 | 3,792 |
| Papua New Guinea | 814 | 1:10,017 | 833 |
| Namibia | 783 | 1:3,077 | 514 |
| India | 731 | 1:1,049,337 | 43,707 |
| Zimbabwe | 534 | 1:28,911 | 4,442 |
| Indonesia | 224 | 1:590,398 | 47,039 |
| Poland | 188 | 1:202,174 | 26,943 |
| United States | 168 | 1:2,157,494 | 136,287 |
| Italy | 113 | 1:541,210 | 52,828 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Tanzania | 72 | 1:735,300 | 41,343 |
| Malaysia | 65 | 1:453,757 | 23,130 |
| Brazil | 65 | 1:3,293,451 | 94,173 |
| Tajikistan | 60 | 1:139,778 | 1,583 |
| Germany | 54 | 1:1,490,842 | 90,195 |
| Iran | 34 | 1:2,258,310 | 76,749 |
| England | 34 | 1:1,638,766 | 68,634 |
| Argentina | 30 | 1:1,424,780 | 80,162 |
| Pakistan | 28 | 1:6,380,139 | 37,476 |
| Serbia | 28 | 1:255,177 | 13,976 |
| Croatia | 23 | 1:183,852 | 22,841 |
| Sweden | 23 | 1:428,120 | 30,474 |
| Philippines | 23 | 1:4,401,662 | 162,661 |
| Slovenia | 21 | 1:118,461 | 12,441 |
| Hungary | 18 | 1:545,349 | 33,535 |
| Kenya | 16 | 1:2,886,244 | 37,784 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Chile | 11 | 1:1,601,498 | 26,155 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Nepal | 6 | 1:4,746,826 | 12,065 |
| Albania | 6 | 1:485,676 | 18,535 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Marshall Islands | 3 | 1:17,274 | 1,698 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 1:2,510,934 | 119,518 |
The alternate forms: Jóna (839) & Joná (1) are calculated separately.
Jona (57,693) may also be a first name.
Jona Demographics
Average Male Jona Height
174.6 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Jona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jona (Arabic: جونّا, Bengali: যোনা, Hindi: जोना, Marathi: जॉना, Oriya: େଜାନା) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Jóna or Joná. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jona? popularity and diffusion
Jona is the 53,651st most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 766,062 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Jona live; 34 percent live in West Africa and 34 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Jona is also the 16,374th most frequent given name internationally, held by 57,693 people.
The surname Jona is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3,214 people, or 1 in 55,116. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Anambra, where 10 percent live, Kogi, where 6 percent live and Rivers, where 6 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 78 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 19 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent live.
Jona Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Jona has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Jona surname grew 840 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,133 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Jona Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Jona surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (96%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Jona surname are 43.07% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 96.3% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Jona earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 63.95% more than the national average, earning €49,234 per year; in South Africa they earn 38.55% less than the national average, earning R 146,040 per year and in United States they earn 28.23% more than the national average, earning $55,329 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jona Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jona in the Hindi language | ||
| जोना | jona | 96.86 |
| जोणा | jona | 1.35 |
| जौना | jauna | 0.9 |
| जोन्हा | jonha | 0.45 |
| Jona in the Oriya language | ||
| େଜାନା | ejana | 96.08 |
| େଜାନ | ejana | 1.96 |
| ଜନା | jana | 1.96 |
| Jona in the Marathi language | ||
| जॉना | jona | 75.16 |
| जोना | jona | 19.87 |
| जॉन | jona | 4.75 |
| जोन | jona | 0.22 |
| Jona in the Bengali language | ||
| যোনা | yona | 50 |
| জনা | jana | 50 |
| Jona in the Arabic language | ||
| جونّا | jwna | - |
| جوَنا | jwana | - |
| جوّنا | jwna | - |
| جونا | jwna | - |
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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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- 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 Jona
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