Hosea Forename
14,834th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 64,859 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Vanuatu
Hosea Forename Definition:
Properly HOSHEA. Rare in C19-20 except among the Jews, it represents, in Hebrew, ‘salvation’ and should therefore be compared with Joshua.
Hosea Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 100% | 17,969 | 1:2,938 | 544 |
| Kenya | 100% | 15,458 | 1:2,996 | 515 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 14,486 | 1:12,258 | 1,509 |
| United States | 100% | 3,545 | 1:102,267 | 4,504 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,757 | 1:93,567 | 10,637 |
| Namibia | - | 1,930 | 1:1,246 | 257 |
| Uganda | 99% | 1,671 | 1:24,510 | 1,855 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1,608 | 1:10,642 | 1,163 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 1,356 | 1:6,012 | 625 |
| South Africa | 98% | 1,261 | 1:43,246 | 4,677 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 545 | 1:39,652 | 2,795 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 533 | 1:28,938 | 2,933 |
| Zambia | - | 395 | 1:40,139 | 2,722 |
| Vanuatu | - | 239 | 1:1,095 | 315 |
| DR Congo | 77% | 151 | 1:488,925 | 17,342 |
| Philippines | 88% | 130 | 1:815,458 | 23,627 |
| India | 100% | 127 | 1:9,565,968 | 292,102 |
| Liberia | 100% | 110 | 1:40,110 | 2,272 |
| Jamaica | - | 55 | 1:52,422 | 2,922 |
| Bahamas | - | 52 | 1:7,680 | 1,037 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 49 | 1:482,233 | 1,749 |
| Malaysia | 79% | 48 | 1:634,374 | 25,654 |
| England | 86% | 44 | 1:1,263,703 | 19,202 |
| Cambodia | 59% | 38 | 1:428,246 | 9,838 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 31 | 1:18,741 | 1,545 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Guyana | 100% | 22 | 1:34,694 | 3,625 |
| Germany | 100% | 16 | 1:6,042,367 | 23,110 |
| South Korea | 91% | 14 | 1:396,030 | 11,136 |
| Denmark | - | 12 | 1:470,792 | 7,517 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 12 | 1:170,000 | 12,545 |
| Canada | 100% | 11 | 1:3,012,125 | 38,520 |
| China | - | 11 | 1:124,186,889 | 65,712 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 9 | 1:3,856 | 936 |
| Eritrea | - | 9 | 1:528,109 | 348 |
| Thailand | 100% | 9 | 1:7,785,090 | 119,233 |
| Australia | - | 8 | 1:1,707,203 | 16,445 |
| Sweden | 100% | 7 | 1:1,408,272 | 24,832 |
| Brazil | - | 7 | 1:30,605,165 | 257,261 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 7 | 1:194,488 | 10,722 |
| Israel | 100% | 6 | 1:1,400,486 | 16,782 |
| Singapore | 100% | 6 | 1:1,047,842 | 15,242 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 6 | 1:18,597 | 2,290 |
| Scotland | 100% | 5 | 1:1,070,073 | 10,235 |
| Botswana | 100% | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Hong Kong | - | 4 | 1:1,938,181 | 8,439 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Saint Lucia | 50% | 3 | 1:59,272 | 4,116 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:17,077 | 2,297 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2 | 1:8,451,042 | 32,813 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| Norway | - | 2 | 1:2,566,164 | 24,989 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Wales | - | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1 | 1:11,490,041 | 43,727 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| France | - | 1 | 1:66,470,340 | 85,030 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Italy | 100% | 1 | 1:61,062,090 | 83,289 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mexico | - | 1 | 1:124,144,427 | 140,512 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Qatar | - | 1 | 1:2,369,605 | 59,530 |
The alternate forms: Hoséa (2) are calculated separately.
Hosea (30,903) may also be a surname.
Hosea Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Properly HOSHEA. Rare in C19-20 except among the Jews, it represents, in Hebrew, ‘salvation’ and should therefore be compared with Joshua.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
And HOSHEA, Ho-zee'-a, Ho-she'-a, a saviour. The son of Beeri, the first of the minor prophets. He is generally supposed to have been a native and inhabitant of the kingdom of Israel, and began to prophesy about 400 B. C. He prophesied sixty years.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: to save.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Deliverance: salvation.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Hosea Forename Popularity
Hosea Demographics
Average Male Hosea Height
176.07 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 88 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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