Joa Family History
- Joa Name Meaning
- Dutch and German: unexplained. perhaps Catalan: possibly a nickname or metonymic occupational name from joa, a variant of Catalan joia ‘jewelery’ (compare Joya).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 15,396 Historical Documents with Joa on Ancestry
- 8,877 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 1,333 Census and Voter Lists
- 2,306 Military Records
- 1,190 Immigration Records
- 1,690 Member Trees
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Number of Joa families
 4 - 6  2 - 3 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Joa census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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