Jostina Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Jostina Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 50 | 1:3,542,855 | 104,248 |
| Latvia | 16 | 1:128,128 | 18,914 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Jostina (6,776) may also be a first name.
Jostina Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jostina Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jostina (Bengali: জোস্তিনা, Oriya: ୀନା) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jostina? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,203,767th most widely held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Jostina live; 68 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Jostina is also the 79,252nd most commonly occurring given name at a global level It is held by 6,776 people.
Jostina is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 3,542,855. In Nigeria Jostina is most common in: Kaduna, where 22 percent are found, Borno, where 14 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 14 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Latvia, where 22 percent are found and Kenya, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jostina Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jostina in the Bengali language | ||
| জোস্তিনা | jostina | - |
| Jostina in the Oriya language | ||
| ୀନା | ina | - |
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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 Jostina
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