Jô Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Jô Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jô Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil811:2,642,89379,412
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048

The alternate forms: Jo (438,529), (421), (3), (3) & (2) are calculated separately.

(337) may also be a first name.

Jô Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jô Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Jô is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Jo, , , or . Click here for other possible spellings of Jô.

How Common Is The Last Name Jô? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,943,350th most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. The last name Jô occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Jô reside; 88 percent reside in South America and 88 percent reside in Luso-South America. Jô is also the 476,238th most common first name worldwide It is held by 337 people.

The last name is most frequent in Brazil, where it is held by 81 people, or 1 in 2,642,893. In Brazil Jô is primarily concentrated in: São Paulo, where 33 percent reside, Rio de Janeiro, where 16 percent reside and Minas Gerais, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account Brazil this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent reside and Portugal, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jo83438,529/
83421/
833/
833/
832/
Djô801/
Jôe801/
J673,404/

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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 Jô
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