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
Jostina (Bengali: জোস্তিনা, Oriya: ୀନା) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Jostina.
How Common Is The Last Name Jostina? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,203,767th most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. The surname Jostina occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Jostina live; 68 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 79,252nd most commonly held first name globally It is held by 6,776 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 3,542,855. In Nigeria Jostina is most numerous in: Kaduna, where 22 percent live, Borno, where 14 percent live and Ebonyi, where 14 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Latvia, where 22 percent live and Kenya, where 4 percent live.
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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