Yoshua Surname
Approximately 1,202 people bear this surname
Yoshua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 732 | 1:100,928 | 11,306 |
| Indonesia | 396 | 1:333,963 | 29,138 |
| Tanzania | 35 | 1:1,512,618 | 47,057 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Yoshua (6,138) may also be a first name.
Yoshua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yoshua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yoshua (Oriya: େଯାଶୁଆ) is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Yoshua.
How Common Is The Last Name Yoshua? popularity and diffusion
Yoshua is the 312,825th most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 6,062,850 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 65 percent of Yoshua reside; 61 percent reside in Central Africa and 61 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 84,427th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 6,138 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 732 people, or 1 in 100,928. Beside The DR Congo this last name exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 33 percent reside and Tanzania, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yoshua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yoshua in the Oriya language | ||
| େଯାଶୁଆ | eyasu'a | - |
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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 Yoshua
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