Joshah Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Joshah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Joshah (82) may also be a first name.
Joshah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Joshah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Joshah occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Joshah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,391,485th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 62 percent of Joshah reside; 62 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,060,447th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 82 people.
Joshah is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Joshah is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 63 percent live and Lagos, where 38 percent live. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 31 percent live and Iraq, where 8 percent live.
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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 Joshah
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