Hosiya Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Hosiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Hosiya (471) may also be a first name.
Hosiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hosiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hosiya (Bengali: হোসিয়া, Hindi: होसिया, Marathi: होिसया, Oriya: େହାସିୟ) is most common in Nigeria. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hosiya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,100,440th most common family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Hosiya are found; 68 percent are found in West Africa and 65 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 392,250th most widely held first name on earth, held by 471 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria Hosiya is mostly found in: Kaduna, where 58 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 27 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Hosiya occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 20 percent are found and Indonesia, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hosiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hosiya in the Bengali language | ||
| হোসিয়া | hosiya | - |
| Hosiya in the Oriya language | ||
| େହାସିୟ | ehasiya | 66.67 |
| େହାେଶୟ | ehaesaya | 33.33 |
| Hosiya in the Hindi language | ||
| होसिया | hosiya | 56.52 |
| होसीया | hosiya | 43.48 |
| Hosiya in the Marathi language | ||
| होिसया | hoisaya | 50 |
| होसीया | hosiya | 50 |
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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 Hosiya
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