Josta Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Josta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 19 | 1:107,897 | 15,192 |
| Philippines | 18 | 1:5,624,346 | 177,167 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Josta (1,290) may also be a first name.
Josta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Josta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Josta (Hindi: जोस्ता, Marathi: जोशात) is found most in Latvia. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Josta? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,091,648th most frequently used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 33 percent of Josta are found; 27 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 23 percent are found in Baltic Europe. Josta is also the 219,323rd most frequently held forename at a global level. It is borne by 1,290 people.
The last name Josta is most common in Latvia, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 107,897. In Latvia Josta is most prevalent in: Vidzeme, where 47 percent live, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 26 percent live and Riga Planning Region, where 11 percent live. Aside from Latvia it exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 22 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Josta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Josta in the Marathi language | ||
| जोशात | josata | - |
| Josta in the Hindi language | ||
| जोस्ता | josta | 87.5 |
| जोसता | josata | 12.5 |
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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 Josta
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