Jowey Surname
Approximately 205 people bear this surname
Jowey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 200 | 1:661,246 | 51,715 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
Jowey (334) may also be a first name.
Jowey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jowey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jowey is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jowey? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jowey is the 1,163,787th most common family name internationally, held by around 1 in 35,549,004 people. The surname Jowey occurs mostly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Jowey reside; 97 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 97 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Jowey is also the 478,963rd most widely held first name worldwide, held by 334 people.
The surname Jowey is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is held by 200 people, or 1 in 661,246. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: West Papua, where 69 percent are found, Papua, where 31 percent are found and Jakarta, where 1 percent are found. Beside Indonesia this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found and Ghana, where 0 percent are found.
Jowey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Jowey has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname fell 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Jowey
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