Josaya Surname
Approximately 2,001 people bear this surname
Josaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,490 | 1:11,489 | 1,770 |
| Zimbabwe | 272 | 1:56,758 | 8,599 |
| Nigeria | 104 | 1:1,703,296 | 62,619 |
| South Africa | 77 | 1:703,607 | 50,359 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Josaya (1,922) may also be a first name.
Josaya Demographics
Average Josaya Salary in
South Africa
R 91,452
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Josaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Josaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Josaya (Marathi: जोसाया) occurs most in Malawi. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Josaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Josaya is the 206,971st most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,641,952 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Josaya live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 173,179th most frequently occurring forename world-wide, borne by 1,922 people.
This surname is most common in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,490 people, or 1 in 11,489. Outside of Malawi this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 14 percent are found and Nigeria, where 5 percent are found.
Josaya Last Name Statistics demography
Josaya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.52% less than the national average, earning R 91,452 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Josaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Josaya in the Marathi language | ||
| जोसाया | josaya | - |
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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 Josaya
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