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

Joys (Hindi: जोयस) has its highest incidence in India. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Jóys. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

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

Joys is the 617,057^th most frequent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 14,604,300 people. The surname Joys occurs predominantly in Asia, where 36 percent of Joys are found; 32 percent are found in North America and 32 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 132,121^st most commonly used given name internationally, borne by 3,001 people.

The last name Joys is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 144 people, or 1 in 5,326,843. In India it is most common in: Kerala, where 76 percent are found, Karnataka, where 7 percent are found and Tamil Nadu, where 2 percent are found. Not including India Joys occurs in 35 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 19 percent are found and England, where 13 percent are found.

Joys Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Joys has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Joys surname grew 633 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 7 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Joys Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Joys last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Joys last name are 0.94% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.17% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Joys earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 34.16% more than the national average, earning 464,308 kr per year; in United States they earn 28% more than the national average, earning $55,229 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.65% more than the national average, earning $57,456 CAD per year.