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 is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hosiah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hosiah is the 601,015th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 14,095,833 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 72 percent of Hosiah are found; 72 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 72 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 119,259th most numerous forename worldwide It is held by 3,535 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 371 people, or 1 in 356,467. In Indonesia Hosiah is most prevalent in: East Java, where 43 percent reside, West Java, where 43 percent reside and Central Java, where 4 percent reside. Besides Indonesia it exists in 7 countries. It is also common 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
- 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 Hosiah
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