Josah Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Josah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Josah (171) may also be a first name.
Josah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Josah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Josah occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Josah.
How Common Is The Last Name Josah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,483,783rd most widespread family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Josah reside; 57 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 698,971st most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 171 people.
The last name Josah is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 5,535,711. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 22 percent live, Abia, where 19 percent live and Ekiti, where 16 percent live. Not including Nigeria Josah is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 23 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent live.
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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 Josah
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