Joya

Name: Joya: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-09-12

loc · Spanish · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Joya is a name, most frequently recorded in Peru. It appears chiefly in Spanish and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Shows restraint in the face Zambia (Tumbuka).

rarermore common

PEPeru1 in 6.1K◐
MXMexico1 in 84K
ECEcuador1 in 10K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

: ≈4.8K ●
Sources: 165 ●
: 1 in 36K ◐

Meaning & origin●

Shows restraint in the face Zambia (Tumbuka)

Sources 1

The African book of names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Joya is recorded, by country
Country					Most common spelling	Sources
PE Peru	13,810	5.7K rec.	—	—	Joya	38
MX Mexico	8,226	9.8K rec.	—	100	Joya	92
US United States	2,821	6.4K rec.	1 in 118K	3.1K	—	165
ES Spain	1,375	3K rec.	1 in 36K	1.4K	Joya	89
AR Argentina	212	1.2K rec.	1 in 215K	212	—	37
IN India	148	160 rec.	1 in 9M	148	—	20
EC Ecuador	119	3 rec.	—	1	Joya	9
CR Costa Rica	117	239 rec.	1 in 44K	117	—	14
BR Brazil	65	439 rec.	1 in 3.3M	65	—	31
SE Sweden	40△	4 rec.	1 in 255K	40	—	4
NO Norway	18△	3 rec.	1 in 304K	18	—	2
CO Colombia	14	3.7K rec.	—	2	Joya	82
DK Denmark	12	—	1 in 489K	12	—	—
FR France	11	0 rec.	1 in 6.2M	11	—	1
CH Switzerland	10△	4 rec.	1 in 840K	10	—	3
BO Bolivia	9	2 rec.	—	—	Joya	2
DO Dominican Republic	8	25 rec.	—	—	Joya	5
NL Netherlands	7	12 rec.	1 in 2.5M	430	—	5
PL Poland	7	—	1 in 5.5M	7	—	—
BE Belgium	5△	2 rec.	1 in 2.3M	5	—	3
AT Austria	—	—	—	15	—	—
FI Finland	—	4 rec.	—	15	—	2
KN St. Kitts & Nevis	—	—	—	13	—	—
GY Guyana	—	—	—	2	—	—
IT Italy	—	37 rec.	—	2	—	10
VC St. Vincent & Grenadines	—	—	—	1	—	—
AF Afghanistan	—	8 rec.	—	1	—	4
CA Canada	—	191 rec.	—	1	—	25
CL Chile	—	55 rec.	—	1	—	18
DE Germany	—	—	—	1	—	—
PT Portugal	—	—	—	listed	—	—
LI Liechtenstein	—	—	—	1	—	—
AU Australia	—	—	—	1	—	—
NG Nigeria	—	—	—	listed	—	—
PK Pakistan	—	—	—	listed	—	—

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

Spanish22K11%
English11K5%
Hindi1.8K1%
Urdu61%

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Languages in which the name is recorded
Name	Records	Note
Spanish	22,363	11%
English	10,646	5%
Hindi	1,831	1%
Urdu	6	1%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Joya is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

English name35K records spelled Joya9 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States
Also written Jōya, Jöýa, Jóya, Jöya
Bangla given name12K records spelled Joya41 spellings in the group
Most recorded in India, Bangladesh, United States, Malaysia
Languages: Bangla, Hindi, Odia
Also written জয়া, Ja, Jya, য়া, জা
a separate name1.0K records spelled Joya4 spellings in the group
Also written Jöyâ, Jõyä
Chinese given name769 records spelled Joya2 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Taiwan
Also written Jo-Ya

50 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Joya is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

In Spanish, jewellery, jewelry
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
possibly a variant of Hoyos.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

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Joya in SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present), United States, 1942–2025
Year	records
1942	6
1943	5
1944	6
1946	8
1948	8
1950	8
1951	6
1952	7
1953	17
1954	9
1955	6
1956	16
1957	7
1958	13
1959	15
1960	13
1961	11
1962	26
1963	25
1964	16
1965	36
1966	20
1967	17
1968	18
1969	15
1970	25
1971	26
1972	18
1973	24
1974	23
1975	34
1976	39
1977	28
1978	21
1979	31
1980	30
1981	29
1982	35
1983	25
1984	22
1985	23
1986	24
1987	31
1988	33
1989	24
1990	43
1991	21
1992	37
1993	23
1994	23
1995	32
1996	39
1997	20
1998	28
1999	21
2000	24
2001	31
2002	36
2003	35
2004	28
2005	30
2006	29
2007	27
2008	20
2009	30
2010	18
2011	24
2012	29
2013	29
2014	25
2015	21
2016	24
2017	14
2018	16
2019	22
2020	19
2021	17
2022	20
2023	21
2024	16
2025	25

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 81 years between 1942–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

Joya Sherrillb. 1924USAmerican musician (1924-2010)
José T. Joyab. 1931PHpainter (1931-1995)
Juan Joyab. 1934PEPeruvian footballer (1934-2007)
El Risitasb. 1956ESnot in their usual nameSpanish comedian and actor (1956-2021)
Gádor Joya Verdeb. 1968ESSpanish politician
Malalai Joyab. 1978AFAfghan politician
Jonathan Águilab. 1990SVnot in their usual nameSalvadoran footballer
Joya Thomeb. 1990DEGerman director, actress, and screenwriter
Benji Joyab. 1993MXMexican footballer
Joya Marleenb. 2003CHSwiss singer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 53 sources across 32 countries.

Official registers attesting Joya
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020	2020	3.1K	#9,921
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010	2010	2.8K	#11,204
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000	2000	1.8K	#14,995
US United States	Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex	2020	1.7K	#8,610
ES Spain	INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)	—	1.4K	#3,353
ES Spain	INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)	—	1.4K	#3,353
NL Netherlands	Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)	—	430	#2,246
NL Netherlands	Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)	—	313	#4,232
AR Argentina	RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)	—	212	—
IN India	Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls	—	148	#21,813
CR Costa Rica	TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names	—	117	#1,359
MX Mexico	RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset)	—	100	#1,796
BR Brazil	IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)	—	65	#86,981
IN India	Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls	—	48	#2,195
SE Sweden	Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)	—	40	#15,007
US United States	SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)	2025	25	—
SE Sweden	Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)	—	21	#23,835
NO Norway	SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)	—	18	#44,824
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024)	2021	15	#1,876
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	15	#36,842
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	15	#35,487
KN St. Kitts & Nevis	St Kitts & Nevis — Register of Electors 2026	2026	13	#98
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2020	12	—
DK Denmark	Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)	—	12	#34,725
FR France	INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)	1991	11	—
CH Switzerland	BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)	2024	10	#60,931
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2020	9	—
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2024	8	—
US United States	Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex	2020	8	#8,610
NO Norway	SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)	—	8	#26,404
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)	2026	7	—
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)	—	7	#164,971
DK Denmark	Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)	—	7	#9,777
NL Netherlands	CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)	2007	7	#69,852
NL Netherlands	Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)	—	6	#24,300
BE Belgium	Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)	2008	5	#98,505
BE Belgium	Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns)	2018	5	#1,378
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)	2026	4	—
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)	—	4	#223,868
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)	2026	3	#7,150
IN India	naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)	2015	3	—
GY Guyana	Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025	2025	2	#592
IT Italy	ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend)	2024	2	#3,876
CO Colombia	Colombia — Official candidate/public-employee name corpus (datos.gov.co)	—	2	#114
CA Canada	Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender	2024	1	#2,418
VC St. Vincent & Grenadines	Electoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025)	2025	1	#114
EC Ecuador	INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)	2024	1	—
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present)	2021	1	#2,722
LI Liechtenstein	Statistik Liechtenstein — Vornamenstatistik (newborn given names)	2020	1	—
CL Chile	SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)	2012	1	—
IN India	naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)	2011	1	—
AU Australia	SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present)	2009	1	—
DE Germany	Stadt Düsseldorf Open Data — Vornamen Neugeborene	2014	1	—
AF Afghanistan	Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names	—	1	#158
PT Portugal	IRN — Lista de Nomes Próprios admitidos	—	—	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2017	—	—
NG Nigeria	The African Book of Names (Hodari, 2003)	—	—	—
NL Netherlands	Babynamen — Lijst met meer dan 22.000 namen (Amelia King, 2020)	—	—	—
PK Pakistan	Muslim given names (CC0)	—	—	—
US United States	wru Name Dictionary — US surnames (Census 2010 + voter-file supplement)	—	—	—

Reference works 4

Dictionary of American Family Names
Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
Wikipedia given-name tokens
Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Joya?: We estimate roughly 4.8 thousand people bear Joya (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.
In which country does Joya have the most bearers?: Joya is most frequently recorded in Peru, where it is most often spelled joya.
What does the name Joya mean?: Recorded meaning: Shows restraint in the face Zambia (Tumbuka)

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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot 2026-09-12. Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Joya”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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