Jowei Surname
Approximately 425 people bear this surname
Jowei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 408 | 1:324,140 | 28,421 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Jowei (48) may also be a first name.
Jowei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jowei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jowei is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jowei? popularity and diffusion
It is the 694,796th most prevalent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 17,147,167 people. Jowei occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Jowei live; 99 percent live in Oceania Islands and 99 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,448,253rd most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 48 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 408 people, or 1 in 324,140. In Indonesia Jowei is most numerous in: West Papua, where 75 percent are found and Papua, where 25 percent are found. Besides Indonesia this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 0 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
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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 Jowei
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