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
Jozu is borne by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jozu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jozu is the 299,736th most frequently held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 5,742,747 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Jozu reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 99 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 2,301,746th most common first name world-wide, borne by 22 people.
The last name Jozu is most frequent 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 live, Hiroshima Prefecture, where 16 percent live and Aichi Prefecture, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Japan Jozu exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.
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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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