Goshua Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Goshua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 75 | 1:49,941 | 6,249 |
| Liberia | 51 | 1:86,442 | 7,100 |
| Abkhazia | 13 | 1:18,682 | 1,816 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Goshua (14) may also be a first name.
Goshua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goshua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Goshua (Georgian: გოშუა, Russian: Гошуа) is more frequently found in Georgia than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Goshua? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,403,590th most common surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 57 percent of Goshua reside; 57 percent reside in West Asia and 48 percent reside in Kartvelo-West Asia. It is also the 3,024,661st most numerous forename internationally, borne by 14 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Georgia, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 49,941. In Georgia it is most numerous in: Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, where 57 percent are found, Tbilisi, where 28 percent are found and Adjara, where 5 percent are found. Other than Georgia this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 33 percent are found and Abkhazia, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Goshua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Goshua in the Georgian language | ||
| გოშუა | goshua | - |
| Goshua in the Russian language | ||
| Гошуа | gosua | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- 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 Goshua
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