Jowani Surname
Approximately 353 people bear this surname
Jowani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 273 | 1:56,550 | 8,562 |
| Uganda | 69 | 1:565,787 | 30,812 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Jowani (814) may also be a first name.
Jowani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jowani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jowani (Oriya: େଯାୱାନୀ) has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jowani? popularity and diffusion
Jowani is the 796,486th most widespread family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 20,644,606 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Jowani live; 79 percent live in Southern Africa and 79 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Jowani is also the 286,493rd most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 814 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 273 people, or 1 in 56,550. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 21 percent live, Mashonaland Central Province, where 19 percent live and Harare Province, where 18 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 20 percent live and Malawi, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jowani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jowani in the Oriya language | ||
| େଯାୱାନୀ | eyawani | 50 |
| ଯୱାନି | yawani | 50 |
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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 Jowani
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