João Surname
Approximately 253,017 people bear this surname
João Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 241,165 | 1:112 | 13 |
| Mozambique | 9,270 | 1:2,941 | 699 |
| Portugal | 2,066 | 1:5,043 | 527 |
| Brazil | 372 | 1:575,469 | 21,465 |
| South Africa | 80 | 1:677,221 | 49,167 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 48 | 1:3,696 | 334 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
The alternate forms: Joào (4) are calculated separately.
João (676,675) may also be a first name.
João Demographics
Average Male João Height
172.97 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
João Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name João Come From? nationality or country of origin
João occurs more in Angola more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Joào. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name João? popularity and diffusion
The surname João is the 2,170th most frequently held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 28,803 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of João live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 1,441st most commonly used given name on earth, held by 676,675 people.
João is most widely held in Angola, where it is borne by 241,165 people, or 1 in 112. Beside Angola this surname exists in 18 countries. It is also found in Mozambique, where 4 percent are found and Portugal, where 1 percent are found.
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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 João
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