Jowo Surname
Approximately 581 people bear this surname
Jowo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 515 | 1:29,977 | 4,604 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Jowo (345) may also be a first name.
Jowo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jowo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jowo (Tibetan: རྒྱོ་བོ།) occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Jowo.
How Common Is The Last Name Jowo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 549,848th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 12,543,108 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Jowo live; 89 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 469,697th most frequent given name worldwide, borne by 345 people.
Jowo is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 515 people, or 1 in 29,977. In Zimbabwe Jowo is most common in: Mashonaland West Province, where 24 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 21 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 20 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe this surname exists 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 over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Jowo surname contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jowo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jowo in the Tibetan language | ||
| རྒྱོ་བོ། | gyowo | - |
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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 Jowo
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