Jossai Surname
Approximately 7,448 people bear this surname
Jossai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 7,416 | 1:3,676 | 846 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Jossai (13) may also be a first name.
Jossai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jossai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jossai occurs more in Mozambique more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jossai? popularity and diffusion
Jossai is the 66,858th most widespread surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 978,457 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Jossai reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 13 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Mozambique, where it is held by 7,416 people, or 1 in 3,676. Aside from Mozambique it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 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
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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 Jossai
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