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 last name Yosia is most common in Tanzania. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yosia? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yosia is the 120,732nd most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,919,796 people. The surname is predominantly found 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 widely held forename worldwide It is held by 9,648 people.
The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 3,454 people, or 1 in 15,328. In Tanzania it is most common in: Kigoma Region, where 21 percent reside, Singida Region, where 16 percent reside and Katavi Region, where 14 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this last name is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 2 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.
Yosia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Yosia has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Yosia last name fell 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Yosia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily 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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