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 is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jouwa? popularity and diffusion
Jouwa is the 3,882,373rd most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. Jouwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Jouwa are found; 65 percent are found in Central Africa and 65 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 40 people.
The last name Jouwa is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 1,153,837. In Cameroon Jouwa is mostly found in: West Region, where 94 percent live and North Region, where 6 percent live. Aside from Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 27 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live.
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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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