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 surname Jowel (Marathi: जोवेल, Tibetan: ཇོ་འེལ་) has its highest incidence in Bangladesh. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jowel? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 98,503rd most commonly used surname globally It is held by around 1 in 1,514,138 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 95 percent of Jowel are found; 94 percent are found in South Asia and 94 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 37,816th most prevalent given name throughout the world, held by 19,980 people.
It is most widespread in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 4,506 people, or 1 in 35,365. Aside from Bangladesh this last name exists in 18 countries. It also occurs 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 carrying the Jowel surname rose 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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