Jozu Surname
Approximately 1,269 people bear this surname
Jozu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1,261 | 1:101,383 | 6,098 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Jozu (22) may also be a first name.
Jozu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jozu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jozu is found in Japan more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jozu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jozu is the 299,736th most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,742,747 people. The last name Jozu occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Jozu are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 99 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Jozu is also the 2,301,746th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 22 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Japan, where it is held by 1,261 people, or 1 in 101,383. In Japan Jozu is most prevalent in: Gifu Prefecture, where 16 percent reside, Hiroshima Prefecture, where 16 percent reside and Aichi Prefecture, where 12 percent reside. Besides Japan this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Jozu
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