Josawa Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Josawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 9 | 1:14,204,921 | 46,388 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Josawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Josawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Josawa (Marathi: जोसवा) is more frequently found in Japan than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Josawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,057,639th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 60 percent of Josawa reside; 60 percent reside in East Asia and 60 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.
Josawa is most frequently held in Japan, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 14,204,921. In Japan it is most numerous in: Chiba Prefecture, where 11 percent reside, Hokkaido Prefecture, where 11 percent reside and Kagawa Prefecture, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Japan this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 27 percent reside and Nigeria, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Josawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Josawa in the Marathi language | ||
| जोसवा | josava | - |
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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 Josawa
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