Josiana Surname
Approximately 114 people bear this surname
Josiana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
Josiana (11,392) may also be a first name.
Josiana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Josiana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Josiana is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Josiana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,710,039th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Josiana are found; 90 percent are found in Central Africa and 90 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Josiana is also the 56,111th most commonly used given name globally, held by 11,392 people.
The last name Josiana is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 103 people, or 1 in 717,277. Apart from The DR Congo Josiana occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Madagascar, where 4 percent reside and Brazil, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Josiana
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