Joesiah Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Joesiah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Joesiah Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria381:4,661,652124,734
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131

Joesiah (36) may also be a first name.

Joesiah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Joesiah Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Joesiah is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Joesiah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,944,094th most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Joesiah reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Joesiah is also the 1,717,090th most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 36 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 4,661,652. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Akwa Ibom, where 50 percent live, Rivers, where 21 percent live and Abia, where 16 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent live and Liberia, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Joesia925/
Joeshia863/
Joesaiya801/
Jasia67573/
Jashia6222/
Jasiho629/
Jassia621/
Jasiay621/
Jasiea621/
Jasaiya578/
Iheusia573/
Jasya5091/
Jazia5036/
Jasja502/
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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 Joesiah
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