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
The last name Joshia (Hindi: जोश्ीा, Marathi: जोिशया, Oriya: ଯଶିଆ) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Joshia? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 818,364th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 21,433,959 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 59 percent of Joshia are found; 57 percent are found in West Africa and 57 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 328,586th most frequently used forename internationally. It is borne by 641 people.
The surname Joshia is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 195 people, or 1 in 908,424. In Nigeria Joshia is most prevalent in: Akwa Ibom, where 21 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 18 percent reside and Abia, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in India, where 32 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent reside.
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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