Joseah Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Joseah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 46 | 1:3,850,930 | 110,272 |
| Liberia | 4 | 1:1,102,134 | 37,930 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Joseah (1,788) may also be a first name.
Joseah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Joseah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Joseah (Hindi: जोजफ) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Joseah? popularity and diffusion
Joseah is the 2,530,696th most common surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The last name Joseah occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Joseah live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 180,884th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 1,788 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 3,850,930. In Nigeria Joseah is mostly concentrated in: Bauchi, where 43 percent reside, Plateau, where 30 percent reside and Lagos, where 7 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Joseah occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 7 percent reside and South Africa, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Joseah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Joseah in the Hindi language | ||
| जोजफ | jojapha | - |
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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 Joseah
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