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
Jooste Political Affiliation
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Jooste Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jooste Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jooste occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jooste? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 26,886th most frequently held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 364,742 people. The last name Jooste occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Jooste live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,162,016th most prevalent given name world-wide, held by 70 people.
The surname Jooste is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 18,974 people, or 1 in 2,855. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 33 percent live, Gauteng, where 27 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 8 percent live. Not including South Africa Jooste is found in 35 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Jooste Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Jooste last name are 11.12% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.89% registered with the political 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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