Josava Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Josava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 32 | 1:23,970,793 | 327,222 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Josava (103) may also be a first name.
Josava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Josava Come From? nationality or country of origin
Josava (Arabic: جوزافي, Hindi: जोसवा, Marathi: जोसवा) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Josava.
How Common Is The Last Name Josava? popularity and diffusion
The surname Josava is the 3,185,033rd most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 84 percent of Josava are found; 84 percent are found in South Asia and 84 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 930,172nd most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 103 people.
It is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 23,970,793. In India Josava is mostly concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 91 percent are found, Bihar, where 3 percent are found and Jharkhand, where 3 percent are found. Barring India this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent are found and Nigeria, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Josava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Josava in the Hindi language | ||
| जोसवा | josava | - |
| Josava in the Marathi language | ||
| जोसवा | josava | 92.65 |
| जॉसवा | josava | 2.94 |
| ीजोसवा | ijosava | 1.47 |
| जोसबा | josaba | 1.47 |
| जोसफ | josapha | 1.47 |
| Josava in the Arabic language | ||
| جوزافي | jwzafy | - |
| جوزافا | jwzafa | - |
| جوزفا | jwzfa | - |
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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 Josava
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