Yosia Surname
Approximately 3,796 people bear this surname
Yosia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 3,454 | 1:15,328 | 1,985 |
| Indonesia | 91 | 1:1,453,288 | 98,507 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Papua New Guinea | 61 | 1:133,667 | 18,337 |
| Uganda | 43 | 1:907,890 | 40,955 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Argentina | 24 | 1:1,780,976 | 92,783 |
| Kenya | 13 | 1:3,552,300 | 39,474 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Yosia (9,648) may also be a first name.
Yosia Demographics
Yosia Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Yosia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yosia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yosia is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yosia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 120,732nd most frequently held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,919,796 people. Yosia occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Yosia reside; 92 percent reside in East Africa and 92 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 62,775th most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 9,648 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 3,454 people, or 1 in 15,328. In Tanzania Yosia is most numerous in: Kigoma Region, where 21 percent live, Singida Region, where 16 percent live and Katavi Region, where 14 percent live. Apart from Tanzania it occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 2 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.
Yosia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Yosia has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Yosia last name contracted 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Yosia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Yosia last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Yosia
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