Jouba Surname
Approximately 509 people bear this surname
Jouba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 148 | 1:178,549 | 8,150 |
| United Arab Emirates | 119 | 1:76,994 | 7,015 |
| Palestine | 107 | 1:42,513 | 4,749 |
| Iraq | 89 | 1:393,502 | 7,096 |
| Mauritania | 21 | 1:194,993 | 9,876 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Jouba (284) may also be a first name.
Jouba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jouba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jouba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻮﺑﻪ) is carried by more people in Yemen than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jouba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jouba is the 608,234th most numerous family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 14,317,379 people. The last name Jouba occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of Jouba reside; 91 percent reside in West Asia and 52 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 525,265th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 284 people.
The last name is most widespread in Yemen, where it is held by 148 people, or 1 in 178,549. In Yemen Jouba is mostly concentrated in: Dhale Governorate, where 93 percent live, Sana'a Governorate, where 5 percent live and Aden Governorate, where 1 percent live. Aside from Yemen this surname is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 23 percent live and Palestine, where 21 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jouba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jouba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﻮﺑﻪ | jwbh | 33.33 |
| ﺟﻮﺏ | jwb | 33.33 |
| ﺟﻮﺑﺎ | jwba | 16.67 |
| ﺍﺟﻮﺏ | ajwb | 8.33 |
| ﺍﺟﻮﺑﻪ | ajwbh | 8.33 |
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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 Jouba
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