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 last name Jossai occurs more in Mozambique more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jossai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jossai is the 66,858th most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 978,457 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Jossai reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. Jossai is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 13 people.
The last name Jossai is most widespread in Mozambique, where it is borne by 7,416 people, or 1 in 3,676. Aside from Mozambique this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Jossai
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