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 more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hosiah? popularity and diffusion
Hosiah is the 601,015th most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,095,833 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 72 percent of Hosiah reside; 72 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 72 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Hosiah is also the 119,259th most commonly held forename in the world, held by 3,535 people.
The surname is most common in Indonesia, where it is carried by 371 people, or 1 in 356,467. In Indonesia Hosiah is mostly found in: East Java, where 43 percent are found, West Java, where 43 percent are found and Central Java, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Indonesia this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 19 percent are found and Botswana, where 5 percent are found.
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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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