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) is found most frequently in Malawi. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Josaya? popularity and diffusion
Josaya is the 206,971st most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 3,641,952 people. The last name Josaya is mostly found 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 common first name in the world. It is borne by 1,922 people.
The last name Josaya is most common in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,490 people, or 1 in 11,489. Outside of Malawi this surname exists 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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