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Throughout the world, جونز (Jones , Johns , Madoc ) is a common principally male, but very infrequently female first name. The forename جونز is characteristic of Ghana, where it is quite a common predominantly boy's, but very seldom girly name, Saint Lucia, where it is quite a common male name, and Cabo Verde. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Brazil, Nigeria, and Ghana. Predominantly, جونز is the last name as well as the forename.
جونز is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Madoc Brandybuck , the Middle-Earth character; Jones , the character in George Orwell's novel Animal Farm; Jones , the operatic character in the opera Der Kuhhandel and Jones , the operatic character in the opera The English Cat by Hans Werner Henze.