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 is most common in Angola. It can appear as a variant: Joào. For other potential spellings of João click here.
How Common Is The Last Name João? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,170th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 28,803 people. The last name João occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of João reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. João is also the 1,441st most widespread forename globally, held by 676,675 people.
It is most widely held in Angola, where it is borne by 241,165 people, or 1 in 112. Beside Angola this last name occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Mozambique, where 4 percent live and Portugal, where 1 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 João
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