Hosiah Surname
Approximately 517 people bear this surname
Hosiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 371 | 1:356,467 | 30,784 |
| Nigeria | 100 | 1:1,771,428 | 64,453 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Hosiah (3,535) may also be a first name.
Hosiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hosiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hosiah occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hosiah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hosiah is the 601,015th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 14,095,833 people. The last name Hosiah occurs mostly in Asia, where 72 percent of Hosiah live; 72 percent live in Southeast Asia and 72 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Hosiah is also the 119,259th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 3,535 people.
The surname Hosiah is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 371 people, or 1 in 356,467. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: East Java, where 43 percent reside, West Java, where 43 percent reside and Central Java, where 4 percent reside. Barring Indonesia this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 19 percent reside and Botswana, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Hosiah
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