In the entire world, Jones (Jones 
, ジョーンズ 
, جونز 
, and others...) is a common primarily boy's, but very seldom female first name. The given name Jones is characteristic of Ghana, where it is quite a common primarily male, but scarcely girly name, Cabo Verde, where it is quite a common male name, and Brazil, where it is quite a rare male name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Brazil, Nigeria, and Ghana. Predominantly, Jones is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Jones | Canada, New Zealand, Australia, United States, United Kingdom |
| ジョーンズ | Japan |
| جونز | Iraq |
| Джонс | Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine |
| Йонес | Russia, Ukraine |
| ג'ונס | Israel |
Jones is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Jones , the character in George Orwell's novel Animal Farm; Jones , the operatic character in the opera The English Cat by Hans Werner Henze and Jones , the operatic character in the opera Der Kuhhandel.
| lewis jones Welsh priest and Bishop of Killaloe in the Church of Ireland (b. 1560) |
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| sir philip jones, of treowen 1602 - 9 Mar 1660 (b. 1602) |
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griffith jones Church of England priest, schools organiser in Wales (b. 1684) |
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| jenkin jones Welsh Puritan captain in the Parliamentarian army, GB (b. 1639) |
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| rice jones Jones, Rice (fl. 1650–1663), Quaker schismatic (b. 1650) |
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noble wimberly jones American physician and statesman, US (b. 1723) |
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allen jones American statesman, 1739-1798, US (b. 1739) |
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| noble jones British American politician, US (b. 1702) |
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| lewis jones Independent minister (1702? -1772), GB (b. 1702) |
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sir harford jones-brydges, 1st baronet British diplomat and author (1764-1847), GB (b. 1764) |
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| morgan jones Congregational minister (1717? -1780), GB (b. 1717) |
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| rowland jones British linguist, GB (b. 1722) |
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| griffith jones Jones, Griffith (1722–1786), journalist and children's writer (b. 1722) |
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| giles jones Jones, Griffith (1722–1786), journalist and children's writer (b. 1722) |
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| morris jones (born 1742) (b. 1742) |
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