Jouh Surname
Approximately 644 people bear this surname
Jouh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 499 | 1:354,996 | 19,137 |
| Iraq | 79 | 1:443,312 | 7,666 |
| Mauritania | 46 | 1:89,019 | 5,672 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Jouh (79) may also be a first name.
Jouh Demographics
Jouh Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Jouh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jouh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jouh (Arabic: جوح, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺟﻮﻩ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jouh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 508,499th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 11,316,065 people. The last name Jouh is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Jouh reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Jouh is also the 1,083,225th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 79 people.
The last name Jouh is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 499 people, or 1 in 354,996. In Nigeria Jouh is primarily concentrated in: Kaduna, where 97 percent reside, Ogun, where 3 percent reside and Delta, where 0 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 12 percent reside and Mauritania, where 7 percent reside.
Jouh Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Jouh surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jouh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jouh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺟﻮﻩ | ajwh | 85.71 |
| ﺃﺟﻮﻩ | ajwh | 9.52 |
| ﺃﺟﻮﻥ | ajwn | 4.76 |
| Jouh in the Arabic language | ||
| جوح | jwh | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Jouh
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