Josa is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Josa
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Refers probably the one that is native to Josa, Spanish locality of the province of Teruel (Aragon). It is also the name of a small Catalan village (Cardener region). The place name might evoke a slope, a slope (to bring the Basque verb jautsi = down).

How popular is Josa?

Josa is ranked 130040 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Josas plummeted by 19.45946 per cent to 149 since 2000 and slipped by 24612 spots and ranked at 116829. The last name was found in around 0 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 48.32 58.92
White 40.94 32.43
Black 6.71 7.03
Josa is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Spain which may be its originating country too. Around 3025 people have been found who wears Josa as their family name. Josa is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
8,065 Trinidad and Tobago10
48,950 Moldova6
179,761 Australia6
46,707 New Zealand5
280,667 Canada5
108,034 Italy3
2,236 El Salvador3
9,272 Ecuador2
14,004 Hungary2
91,784 Netherlands2
50,640 Switzerland2
20,837 Venezuela2
14,408 Uruguay2
5,916 Mozambique1
7,847 Albania1
165,773 Belarus1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
5,553 Taiwan1
897,276 Russia1
53,033 Nigeria1
2,377 Marshall Islands1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
15,162 Costa Rica1
12,745 Luxembourg1
36,678 Singapore1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
126,462 England22
308,934 Indonesia18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
23,283 Zimbabwe65
Countries with hundreds of Josa:
4,882 Spain893
3,695 Colombia559
25,060 Brazil493
95,674 India231
26,800 Argentina194
59,024 Germany168
84,907 France110
181,967 United States105
27,127 Mexico105
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Comments

K
Kayce Ofarrell
Josa is a very rare last name, seems to represent a near place name cardona in Catalonia -this name is a female first name in the Southwest Region, representing the popular form of joseph, name of biblical origin , derived from the Hebrew josiphjah who had a sense that god may increase offspring.

Josa Namesakes

  • Marta Vila Josana, Bicycler
  • Catalin Josan, Musical Artist
  • Aleix Dorca Josa, Musical artist
  • Mirel Josa, Soccer player
  • Rita Josa, Actress
  • Lufthansey Josa, Actor
  • Enrique Josa, Writer
  • Nicolas Josa, Musical Artist
  • Aleix Dorca Josa, Musical artist
  • Joska Josafat, Musician

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