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 is found most in Hungary. It may be rendered as a variant: Jóó. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Joó? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 103,187th most commonly occurring family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,598,146 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Joó live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in Hungaro-Europe. It is also the 1,874,099th most numerous first name at a global level, held by 31 people.
The surname Joó is most frequently used in Hungary, where it is held by 4,506 people, or 1 in 2,178. In Hungary it is most numerous in: Budapest, where 19 percent reside, Csongrád County, where 10 percent reside and Vas County, where 10 percent reside. Barring Hungary this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 1 percent reside and Austria, 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 Joó
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