Joshia Surname
Approximately 340 people bear this surname
Joshia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 195 | 1:908,424 | 39,344 |
| India | 110 | 1:6,973,322 | 154,831 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Marshall Islands | 4 | 1:12,955 | 1,460 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
Joshia (641) may also be a first name.
Joshia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Joshia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Joshia (Hindi: जोश्ीा, Marathi: जोिशया, Oriya: ଯଶିଆ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Joshia? popularity and diffusion
The last name Joshia is the 818,364th most commonly used family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 21,433,959 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Joshia live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Joshia is also the 328,586th most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 641 people.
Joshia is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 195 people, or 1 in 908,424. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Akwa Ibom, where 21 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 18 percent are found and Abia, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in India, where 32 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Joshia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Joshia in the Oriya language | ||
| ଯଶିଆ | yasi'a | - |
| Joshia in the Hindi language | ||
| जोश्ीा | josia | 80 |
| जोशीा | josia | 10 |
| जोशिया | josiya | 10 |
| Joshia in the Marathi language | ||
| जोिशया | joisaya | 66.67 |
| जोशीअ | josi'a | 33.33 |
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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 Joshia
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