Where Does The Last Name Jowo Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Jowo (Tibetan: རྒྱོ་བོ།) is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Jowo.

How Common Is The Last Name Jowo? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Jowo is the 549,848^th most widespread last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 12,543,108 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Jowo live; 89 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Jowo is also the 469,697^th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 345 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 515 people, or 1 in 29,977. In Zimbabwe Jowo is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland West Province, where 24 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 21 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 20 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 4 percent live and Indonesia, where 3 percent live.

Jowo Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Jowo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Jowo last name contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.