Joó Surname
Approximately 4,560 people bear this surname
Joó Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 4,506 | 1:2,178 | 246 |
| Romania | 42 | 1:478,045 | 36,914 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Jóó (2) are calculated separately.
Joó (31) may also be a first name.
Joó Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Joó Come From? nationality or country of origin
Joó occurs more in Hungary more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Jóó. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Joó? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 103,187th most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,598,146 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Joó are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 99 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe. It is also the 1,874,099th most widely held forename worldwide It is held by 31 people.
It is most frequently held in Hungary, where it is held by 4,506 people, or 1 in 2,178. In Hungary it is mostly concentrated in: Budapest, where 19 percent live, Csongrád County, where 10 percent live and Vas County, where 10 percent live. Apart from Hungary this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 1 percent live and Austria, 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 Joó
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