Jobu Surname
Approximately 3,294 people bear this surname
Jobu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1,970 | 1:64,896 | 4,744 |
| Tanzania | 1,172 | 1:45,172 | 5,106 |
| Nigeria | 95 | 1:1,864,661 | 66,902 |
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | 1:214,572 | 29,580 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Jobu (17,950) may also be a first name.
Jobu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jobu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jobu (Hindi: जोबू, Marathi: जोबु) has its highest incidence in Japan. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Jobu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jobu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 136,286th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 2,212,370 people. Jobu occurs predominantly in Asia, where 60 percent of Jobu live; 60 percent live in East Asia and 60 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 40,908th most frequently held given name world-wide It is held by 17,950 people.
Jobu is most numerous in Japan, where it is carried by 1,970 people, or 1 in 64,896. In Japan Jobu is most frequent in: Tochigi Prefecture, where 17 percent reside, Osaka Prefecture, where 12 percent reside and Iwate Prefecture, where 11 percent reside. Barring Japan this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 36 percent reside and Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jobu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jobu in the Hindi language | ||
| जोबू | jobu | 88.89 |
| जोबु | jobu | 11.11 |
| Jobu in the Marathi language | ||
| जोबु | jobu | 58.33 |
| जोबू | jobu | 41.67 |
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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
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- 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 Jobu
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