Jaoui

surname · Latin script

Meaning: benjoim

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ʒawi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Jaoui is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Morocco than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 118K(inferred from the name graph)
  • MAMorocco≈1 in 24K
  • TNTunisia≈1 in 176K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Morocco (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,500 people, est.

Sources
144 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 24K (inferred from the name graph)

Morocco, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

benjoim

Sources 1

  • Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jaoui counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Jaoui is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MA Morocco≈1,500 est.≈1 in 24K—Jaoui17
FR France≈580 est.≈1 in 118K92Jaoui144
TN Tunisia≈66 est.≈1 in 176K—Jaoui3
BE Belgium421 in 279K42Jaoui10
ES Spain351 in 1.4M35Jaoui2
IL Israel≈15 est.≈1 in 561K—Jaoui7

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

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

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Jaoui is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Arabic surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Morocco, United States, France, Tunisia

    Also written Jàoui, Jaôûi, Jàoûi, Jãôüí

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, Morocco, United States, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Jàoui

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Jãöůî

22 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

194019601980Hubert Jaoui, b. 1940Sylvaine Jaoui, b. 1962Agnès Jaoui, b. 1964Taher Jaoui, b. 1978

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalMadame, Monsieur,Dear Jaoui, (English)
InformalMadame, Monsieur,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Jaoui
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199192—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198162—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197159—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196151—
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)200842#29,601
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—35#57,069
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—35#56,582
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195112—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19315—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19412—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19212—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1911——

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

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

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Jaoui mean, and where does it come from?
benjoim Recorded by Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….
How do you pronounce Jaoui?
A machine transcription gives /ʒawi/ (IPA) for French.
In which country does Jaoui have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.5 thousand people named Jaoui in Morocco, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jaoui.
How common is the name Jaoui?
In Belgium, the national register counted 42 people named Jaoui in 2008, about 1 in 279 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

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, “Jaoui”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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