Joshon Surname
Approximately 180 people bear this surname
Joshon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 173 | 1:1,023,947 | 43,086 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Joshon (201) may also be a first name.
Joshon Demographics
Joshon Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Joshon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Joshon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Joshon is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Joshon? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,272,314th most commonly used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 40,486,366 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Joshon are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 639,077th most common given name on earth. It is borne by 201 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 173 people, or 1 in 1,023,947. In Nigeria it is most common in: Sokoto, where 86 percent live, Ekiti, where 5 percent live and Ondo, where 3 percent live. Not including Nigeria Joshon is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.
Joshon Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Joshon last name is chiefly Muslim (96%) in Nigeria.
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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 Joshon
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