Joyful Surname
Approximately 232 people bear this surname
Joyful Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 221 | 1:801,551 | 35,769 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Joyful (4,642) may also be a first name.
Joyful Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Joyful Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Joyful is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Joyful? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,070,546th most widespread last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 31,411,836 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Joyful live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 100,630th most commonly occurring forename worldwide, borne by 4,642 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 221 people, or 1 in 801,551. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 64 percent reside, Rivers, where 25 percent reside and Akwa Ibom, where 9 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 4 percent reside and Bangladesh, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joyfull | 92 | 23 | / |
| Joyaful | 92 | 1 | / |
| Jayful | 83 | 3 | / |
| Jayaful | 77 | 11 | / |
| Yaful | 73 | 35 | / |
| Soful | 73 | 35 | / |
| Jaful | 73 | 13 | / |
| Yeful | 73 | 11 | / |
| Yoful | 73 | 2 | / |
| Jeful | 73 | 2 | / |
| Choful | 67 | 417 | / |
| Jefule | 67 | 211 | / |
| Sooful | 67 | 156 | / |
| Jaiful | 67 | 24 | / |
| Soiful | 67 | 4 | / |
| Juiful | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jetful | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jatful | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yasful | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ejaful | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jafeul | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tjaful | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jafoul | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yefful | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hayful | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hosful | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cofful | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hofful | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Joyful
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis