Jowel Surname
Approximately 4,813 people bear this surname
Jowel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 4,506 | 1:35,365 | 2,174 |
| Nigeria | 117 | 1:1,514,041 | 57,594 |
| Papua New Guinea | 83 | 1:98,238 | 13,191 |
| Yemen | 59 | 1:447,886 | 10,609 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 33 | 1:1,521,778 | 81,120 |
Jowel (19,980) may also be a first name.
Jowel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jowel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jowel (Marathi: जोवेल, Tibetan: ཇོ་འེལ་) is more frequently found in Bangladesh than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Jowel.
How Common Is The Last Name Jowel? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 98,503rd most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,514,138 people. The surname Jowel is predominantly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Jowel reside; 94 percent reside in South Asia and 94 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Jowel is also the 37,816th most commonly held given name worldwide, held by 19,980 people.
It is most commonly used in Bangladesh, where it is held by 4,506 people, or 1 in 35,365. Beside Bangladesh this surname occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.
Jowel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Jowel has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Jowel last name grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jowel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jowel in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཇོ་འེལ་ | joel | - |
| Jowel in the Marathi language | ||
| जोवेल | jovela | - |
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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 Jowel
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