Jouwa Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Jouwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Jouwa (40) may also be a first name.
Jouwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jouwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jouwa occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jouwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jouwa is the 3,882,373rd most frequently held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Jouwa reside; 65 percent reside in Central Africa and 65 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 40 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 1,153,837. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: West Region, where 94 percent are found and North Region, where 6 percent are found. Other than Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 27 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Jouwa
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