Josias Surname
Approximately 10,643 people bear this surname
Josias Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 5,296 | 1:2,567 | 457 |
| Angola | 2,563 | 1:10,530 | 1,295 |
| South Africa | 1,070 | 1:50,633 | 6,428 |
| Tanzania | 760 | 1:69,660 | 7,342 |
| Brazil | 242 | 1:884,605 | 31,829 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Haiti | 136 | 1:78,558 | 4,115 |
| United States | 93 | 1:3,897,408 | 212,857 |
| France | 60 | 1:1,107,045 | 119,335 |
| Zimbabwe | 47 | 1:328,473 | 31,980 |
| Suriname | 45 | 1:12,280 | 3,102 |
| Benin | 39 | 1:265,015 | 22,836 |
| Seychelles | 23 | 1:4,017 | 661 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| Denmark | 10 | 1:564,472 | 34,222 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
The alternate forms: Josías (1) are calculated separately.
Josias (96,766) may also be a first name.
Josias Demographics
Average Josias Salary in
United States
$57,674 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Josias Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Josias Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Josias is most common in Chad. It can also appear as: Josías. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Josias? popularity and diffusion
Josias is the 48,446th most commonly held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 684,727 people. The last name Josias occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Josias are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Josias is also the 10,494th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 96,766 people.
The surname Josias is most frequently held in Chad, where it is carried by 5,296 people, or 1 in 2,567. Not including Chad this surname is found in 42 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 24 percent reside and South Africa, where 10 percent reside.
Josias Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Josias has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name rose 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Josias Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Josias last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Josias earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 5.57% less than the national average, earning R 224,412 per year; in United States they earn 33.66% more than the national average, earning $57,674 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.7% less than the national average, earning $35,923 CAD per year.
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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
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