Josaiah Surname
Approximately 845 people bear this surname
Josaiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 669 | 1:264,787 | 15,152 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98 | 1:83,201 | 11,009 |
| Liberia | 66 | 1:66,796 | 5,740 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Josaiah (991) may also be a first name.
Josaiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Josaiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Josaiah occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Josaiah? popularity and diffusion
Josaiah is the 412,606th most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 8,624,315 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Josaiah live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 255,739th most widely held forename on earth It is held by 991 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 669 people, or 1 in 264,787. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Akwa Ibom, where 16 percent live, Rivers, where 13 percent live and Abia, where 12 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent live and Liberia, where 8 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 Josaiah
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