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 last name Josah occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Josah.
How Common Is The Last Name Josah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Josah is the 2,483,783rd most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Josah live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 698,971st most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 171 people.
The surname Josah is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 5,535,711. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 22 percent are found, Abia, where 19 percent are found and Ekiti, where 16 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 23 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent are found.
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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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