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 carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yosia? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 120,732nd most frequently held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,919,796 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Yosia live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Yosia is also the 62,775th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 9,648 people.
It is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 3,454 people, or 1 in 15,328. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Kigoma Region, where 21 percent reside, Singida Region, where 16 percent reside and Katavi Region, where 14 percent reside. Besides Tanzania it is found in 16 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 2 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.
Yosia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Yosia has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Yosia last name fell 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Yosia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname 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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