Jooste Surname
Approximately 19,980 people bear this surname
Jooste Surname Definition:
“The Just” - from Latin Justus. Dutch abbreviation.
Jooste Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 18,974 | 1:2,855 | 370 |
| Namibia | 422 | 1:5,709 | 1,093 |
| England | 154 | 1:361,806 | 25,827 |
| Australia | 105 | 1:257,102 | 23,526 |
| United States | 101 | 1:3,588,702 | 200,455 |
| New Zealand | 85 | 1:53,274 | 8,505 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Jooste (70) may also be a first name.
Jooste Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“The Just” - from Latin Justus. Dutch abbreviation.
Jooste Demographics
Average Male Jooste Height
176.52 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Jooste Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jooste Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jooste occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jooste? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jooste is the 26,886th most frequently held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 364,742 people. The last name Jooste is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Jooste reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Jooste is also the 1,162,016th most frequent forename in the world, held by 70 people.
The last name Jooste is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 18,974 people, or 1 in 2,855. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Western Cape, where 33 percent are found, Gauteng, where 27 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 8 percent are found. Besides South Africa Jooste exists in 35 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Jooste Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Jooste last name are 11.12% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.89% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Jooste earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 40.24% more than the national average, earning R 333,252 per year and in United States they earn 54.31% more than the national average, earning $66,584 USD per year.
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Footnotes
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