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 is found most frequently in Mozambique. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jossai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 66,858th most prevalent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 978,457 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Jossai are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. Jossai is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 13 people.
It is most widely held in Mozambique, where it is borne by 7,416 people, or 1 in 3,676. Other than Mozambique this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
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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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