Wosha Surname
Approximately 277 people bear this surname
Wosha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 239 | 1:309,120 | 27,984 |
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Wosha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wosha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wosha is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wosha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 945,594th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,308,830 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Wosha reside; 86 percent reside in Central Africa and 86 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 239 people, or 1 in 309,120. Aside from The DR Congo Wosha occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 6 percent live and India, where 6 percent live.
Wosha Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wosha has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wosha surname declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Wosha
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