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
Jouba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻮﺑﻪ) is borne by more people in Yemen than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jouba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 608,234th most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 14,317,379 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 91 percent of Jouba live; 91 percent live in West Asia and 52 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. Jouba is also the 525,265th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 284 people.
It is most prevalent in Yemen, where it is borne by 148 people, or 1 in 178,549. In Yemen Jouba is primarily concentrated in: Dhale Governorate, where 93 percent reside, Sana'a Governorate, where 5 percent reside and Aden Governorate, where 1 percent reside. Barring Yemen this last name is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 23 percent reside and Palestine, where 21 percent reside.
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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