Jesaya Surname
Approximately 971 people bear this surname
Jesaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 906 | 1:2,659 | 431 |
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Jesaya (4,135) may also be a first name.
Jesaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jesaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jesaya (Marathi: ज़ेसया) is borne by more people in Namibia than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jesaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 370,091st most frequent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 7,505,197 people. Jesaya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Jesaya reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 108,122nd most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 4,135 people.
The surname Jesaya is most frequently used in Namibia, where it is carried by 906 people, or 1 in 2,659. In Namibia Jesaya is mostly concentrated in: Oshana Region, where 27 percent are found, Oshikoto Region, where 23 percent are found and Omusati Region, where 17 percent are found. Barring Namibia it occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jesaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jesaya in the Marathi language | ||
| ज़ेसया | zesaya | 33.33 |
| जेसाया | jesaya | 33.33 |
| जेसया | jesaya | 33.33 |
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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 Jesaya
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