Jowa Surname
Approximately 1,890 people bear this surname
Jowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 826 | 1:18,690 | 2,770 |
| Indonesia | 515 | 1:256,795 | 23,323 |
| Nigeria | 126 | 1:1,405,895 | 54,600 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Papua New Guinea | 93 | 1:87,674 | 11,644 |
| Japan | 76 | 1:1,682,162 | 25,629 |
| Botswana | 39 | 1:56,075 | 10,323 |
| Belgium | 32 | 1:359,270 | 39,406 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Jowa (3,002) may also be a first name.
Jowa Demographics
Average Jowa Salary in
United States
$36,896 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Jowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jowa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﺟﻮ, Hindi: जोवा) occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Jowa.
How Common Is The Last Name Jowa? popularity and diffusion
Jowa is the 217,033rd most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 3,855,844 people. Jowa is mostly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Jowa live; 46 percent live in Southern Africa and 46 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Jowa is also the 132,100th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 3,002 people.
The last name Jowa is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 826 people, or 1 in 18,690. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Harare Province, where 29 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 23 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name is found in 30 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 27 percent live and Nigeria, where 7 percent live.
Jowa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Jowa surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 60% registered with the party.
Jowa earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.49% less than the national average, earning $36,896 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jowa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jowa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﺟﻮ | ajw | - |
| Jowa in the Hindi language | ||
| जोवा | jova | - |
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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 Jowa
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