Jowd Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Jowd Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Jowd Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151

Jowd Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jowd Come From? nationality or country of origin

Jowd (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻮﺩ) occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jowd? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 60 percent of Jowd are found; 40 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 20 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.

This surname is most commonly occurring in England, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 55,718,059. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Durham, where 100 percent reside. Not including England this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 20 percent reside and Mauritania, where 20 percent reside.

Jowd Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Jowd has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Jowd last name fell 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jowdh892/
Jawd7590/
Sowd7559/
Zowd7514/
Jofd754/
Eowd752/
Jowt751/
Yowd751/
Jawwd671/
Jawdh671/
Yowds670/
Jawdova551/
Jawdová551/
Sawd5035/
Jufd504/
Cofd504/
Zawd503/
Sofd502/
Eofd501/
Yawd501/
Zowt501/
Jafd501/
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Jowd Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Jowd in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺟﻮﺩjwd-

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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 Jowd
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