Josia Forename
32,324th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 24,692 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Madagascar
Highest density in:
Congo
Josia Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madagascar | 100% | 7,558 | 1:3,126 | 704 |
| Tanzania | 98% | 6,222 | 1:8,484 | 1,178 |
| South Africa | 99% | 2,719 | 1:20,056 | 2,779 |
| Congo | 100% | 1,876 | 1:2,670 | 432 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 1,452 | 1:10,622 | 1,400 |
| India | 73% | 854 | 1:1,422,574 | 83,075 |
| Namibia | - | 680 | 1:3,536 | 582 |
| Kenya | 100% | 534 | 1:86,717 | 4,843 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 529 | 1:487,644 | 36,955 |
| Malawi | 93% | 402 | 1:42,568 | 2,981 |
| Brazil | 100% | 321 | 1:667,402 | 19,905 |
| Zambia | - | 300 | 1:52,849 | 3,247 |
| Nigeria | 86% | 181 | 1:981,019 | 24,702 |
| DR Congo | 65% | 137 | 1:538,888 | 18,632 |
| United States | 55% | 131 | 1:2,767,458 | 41,566 |
| Uganda | 99% | 129 | 1:317,496 | 8,972 |
| Malaysia | 89% | 72 | 1:422,916 | 19,438 |
| Papua New Guinea | 81% | 70 | 1:116,462 | 10,449 |
| France | 80% | 54 | 1:1,230,932 | 8,854 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 49 | 1:212,883 | 8,521 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 48 | 1:149,000 | 10,084 |
| Paraguay | 86% | 47 | 1:153,975 | 2,941 |
| Taiwan | - | 40 | 1:594,242 | 30,447 |
| Venezuela | 99% | 29 | 1:1,041,445 | 22,179 |
| Botswana | 100% | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| Qatar | 50% | 18 | 1:131,645 | 15,202 |
| Benin | 100% | 17 | 1:622,108 | 18,975 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 15 | 1:1,126,806 | 18,347 |
| Germany | 100% | 15 | 1:6,445,192 | 24,261 |
| Mexico | 77% | 14 | 1:8,867,459 | 28,360 |
| Philippines | 85% | 13 | 1:8,154,575 | 122,416 |
| England | 67% | 11 | 1:5,054,811 | 45,959 |
| Haiti | - | 10 | 1:1,072,695 | 14,984 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 9 | 1:2,042,163 | 43,570 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 9 | 1:3,423,618 | 14,711 |
| Liberia | 75% | 8 | 1:551,508 | 14,444 |
| Panama | 100% | 8 | 1:488,320 | 13,543 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 7 | 1:3,087,215 | 57,282 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 6 | 1:3,845,989 | 64,391 |
| Colombia | 100% | 6 | 1:7,963,154 | 36,949 |
| Jamaica | - | 5 | 1:576,645 | 13,293 |
| Finland | 100% | 4 | 1:1,370,796 | 11,464 |
| New Caledonia | - | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 4 | 1:2,053,374 | 18,217 |
| Chile | 100% | 3 | 1:5,869,069 | 26,159 |
| Saint Lucia | 67% | 3 | 1:59,272 | 4,116 |
| Russia | 100% | 3 | 1:48,077,901 | 98,779 |
| Thailand | 100% | 3 | 1:23,355,271 | 268,869 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 3 | 1:2,006,112 | 19,543 |
| Canada | - | 2 | 1:16,566,686 | 86,787 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2 | 1:5,745,020 | 30,381 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1 | 1:9,857,907 | 78,968 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| China | - | 1 | 1:1,366,055,782 | 109,249 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Israel | - | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Australia | - | 1 | 1:13,657,622 | 55,904 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| South Korea | 100% | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Singapore | - | 1 | 1:6,287,054 | 39,645 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Denmark | - | 1 | 1:5,649,498 | 28,429 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Oman | 100% | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
Josia (8,809) may also be a surname.
Josia Forename Popularity
Josia Demographics
Josia Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 4 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Josia