Jaw is used as a family name or surname in The Gambia. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Jaw
No. of characters: 3
Origin: The Gambia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Jaw

How popular is Jaw?

Jaw is common in The Gambia.

Jaw is ranked 98459 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Jaws grew by 15.68627 per cent to 177 since 2000 and ranked 101737 after elevating 5828 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 79.1 87.58
Black 12.43 3.92
White 7.34 4.58
Jaw is quite popular family name mostly used in Taiwan while The Gambia is ahead in terms of density. Around 4272 people have been found who wears Jaw as their family name. Jaw is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
8,993 Tunisia3
35,184 Poland3
10,329 Pakistan3
6,270 Hong Kong3
7,993 Jordan3
8,657 Lebanon2
35,969 Denmark2
17,547 Colombia2
8,995 Uganda2
65,594 Belgium2
10,284 Kuwait2
1,256 Myanmar2
7,574 Bangladesh2
120,357 Argentina1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
8,181 Botswana1
3,993 El Salvador1
172,258 Germany1
17,236 Ghana1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
8,859 Iraq1
38,830 Morocco1
8,268 Mauritius1
29,046 Japan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
63,701 Canada46
8,214 Singapore35
11,516 Mauritania18
2,558 China17
7,162 Thailand15
84,957 Spain15
587,188 India11
120,934 Australia11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
92,589 Brazil79
64,420 England54
Countries with hundreds of Jaw:
5,583 Malaysia379
85,937 United States272
66,011 Indonesia131
Countries with thousands of Jaw:
321 Taiwan1,854
159 The Gambia1,244
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Thomas Jaw worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 60 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Ward Chipman and arrived on November 16, 1848. 60 years old Judith Jaw, 3 years old Walice Jaw, Born at sea Mary-Ann Jaw, 21 years old Edward Jaw, are other Jaw that migrated to US.

Jaw Namesakes

  • Mohamed Osman Jawari, Former Acting President of Somalia
  • Mohamed Osman Jawari, Former Acting President of Somalia
  • Mohamed Osman Jawari, Former Acting President of Somalia
  • Ahmed Aflal Jawad, Diplomat
  • Aino Jawo, Singer
  • Aldona Jaworska, Actor
  • Alexei Jawdokimov, Actor
  • Bomba Jawara, Politician
  • Alicja Björk Jaworski, Animator
  • Amadou Jawo, Soccer player

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