Jói Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iceland
Highest density in:
Iceland

Jói Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jói Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

The alternate forms: Joi (1,300), Joï (9) & Joî (1) are calculated separately.

Jói (61) may also be a first name.

Jói Last Name Facts

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

Jói is carried by more people in Iceland than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Joi, Joï or Joî. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jói? popularity and diffusion

The last name Jói is the 10,311,814th most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Jói is mostly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Jói live; 67 percent live in Northern Europe and 67 percent live in Scandinavia. Jói is also the 1,257,960th most commonly occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 61 people.

The last name Jói is most frequently held in Iceland, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 190,045. In Iceland it is mostly concentrated in: Northeastern Region, where 50 percent reside and Southern Peninsula, where 50 percent reside. Barring Iceland it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 33 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Joi891,300/
Jóia86214/
Jóis861/
80421/
Joï789/
Joî781/
Jóias7591/
Jia674,665,311/
Jie67862,544/
Jui6751,842/
Iji6710,372/
Jai679,315/
Jiu674,472/
Eji673,570/
Jhi672,993/
Jei67743/
Jji67527/
Jio67476/
Hji67144/
Jij67107/
Jós6745/
Jgi6711/
Jóó672/
Jié671/
Jóa671/
Jóý671/

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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 Jói
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