Josa Surname
Approximately 6,602 people bear this surname
Josa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 3,307 | 1:14,446 | 1,308 |
| Spain | 769 | 1:60,796 | 5,514 |
| Haiti | 763 | 1:14,002 | 1,334 |
| Nigeria | 449 | 1:394,527 | 20,761 |
| Brazil | 249 | 1:859,736 | 31,019 |
| India | 240 | 1:3,196,106 | 93,714 |
| Venezuela | 113 | 1:267,293 | 6,442 |
| Ecuador | 97 | 1:163,978 | 7,313 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96 | 1:84,935 | 11,249 |
| Argentina | 88 | 1:485,721 | 36,028 |
| United States | 83 | 1:4,366,975 | 231,516 |
| Zimbabwe | 82 | 1:188,271 | 22,304 |
| France | 72 | 1:922,538 | 106,020 |
| Taiwan | 32 | 1:732,648 | 5,233 |
| Solomon Islands | 29 | 1:20,001 | 3,902 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| South Africa | 18 | 1:3,009,872 | 112,058 |
| El Salvador | 15 | 1:422,926 | 2,747 |
| Uruguay | 15 | 1:228,784 | 17,372 |
| Moldova | 12 | 1:296,781 | 24,445 |
| Albania | 7 | 1:416,294 | 17,617 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 1:227,329 | 10,175 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Josâ (3,717), Jósa (57) & Josã (1) are calculated separately.
Josa (3,388) may also be a first name.
Josa Demographics
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Josa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Josa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Josa (Arabic: جوزع, Hindi: जोसा, Marathi: जोसा, Oriya: େଜାଷା) occurs most in Colombia. It can also occur as a variant: Josâ, Jósa or Josã. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Josa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 74,454th most numerous surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,103,839 people. The last name Josa occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Josa reside; 59 percent reside in South America and 52 percent reside in Caribbean South America. Josa is also the 122,397th most common forename on earth. It is borne by 3,388 people.
The last name Josa is most frequently occurring in Colombia, where it is held by 3,307 people, or 1 in 14,446. In Colombia Josa is mostly found in: Nariño Department, where 70 percent live, Putumayo Department, where 14 percent live and Valle del Cauca Department, where 8 percent live. Not including Colombia this last name occurs in 38 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 12 percent live and Haiti, where 12 percent live.
Josa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Josa has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Josa surname rose 1,186 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 60 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Josa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Josa last name are 18.99% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 72.22% registered with the party.
The amount Josa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 65.37% less than the national average, earning R 82,284 per year; in Colombia they earn 26.03% less than the national average, earning $16,792,600 COP per year and in United States they earn 32.69% more than the national average, earning $57,253 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Josa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Josa in the Marathi language | ||
| जोसा | josa | - |
| Josa in the Hindi language | ||
| जोसा | josa | 97.37 |
| जोस | josa | 2.63 |
| Josa in the Oriya language | ||
| େଜାଷା | ejasa | 50 |
| େଜାସା | ejasa | 25 |
| ସାହୁ | sahu | 12.5 |
| ସାହା | saha | 12.5 |
| Josa in the Arabic language | ||
| جوزع | jwz | - |
| جوزا | jwza | - |
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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 Josa
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