Joshua is used as a family name or surname in Nigeria. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Joshua
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Nigeria
Meaning: Hebrew name evoking the Biblical character of Joshua, Moses' successor (= God will save yehôshua`), also written Joshuah.

How popular is Joshua?

Joshua is common in Nigeria.

Joshua is ranked 2974 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Joshuas grew by 19.31978 per cent to 3403 since 2000 and ranked 9552 after elevating 792 spots. The last name was found in around 12 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 57.24 60.41
White 22.98 24.58
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 7.96 4.91
Hispanic or Latino 5.08 3.68
Others 4.17 3.58
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.56 2.84
Joshua is quite popular family name mostly used in Nigeria while Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha is ahead in terms of density. Around 184737 people have been found who wears Joshua as their family name. Joshua is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
98,953 Belarus7
1,214 Sudan7
1,179 South Korea7
13,220 Thailand6
26,825 Georgia5
718 Liberia4
3,044 Zambia4
3,519 Benin3
35,184 Poland3
2,113 Taiwan3
127,708 Czech Republic3
7,299 Estonia2
1,777 Jersey2
1,400 Mongolia2
3,670 Mozambique2
5,817 Albania2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
23,344 Austria2
107 Palau2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
1,256 Myanmar2
32,942 Uzbekistan1
24,771 Colombia1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
353 Cook Islands1
15,162 Costa Rica1
1,253 Burundi1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
31,584 Peru1
13,606 Senegal1
2,190 Barbados1
10,958 Bangladesh1
1,970 Grenada1
42,479 Greece1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
3,586 Honduras1
21,562 Portugal1
20,172 Hungary1
5,924 Paraguay1
29,595 Iran1
9,591 Panama1
8,859 Iraq1
2,057 Isle of Man1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
3,275 Nepal1
6,212 Jamaica1
29,046 Japan1
16,283 Lithuania1
36,814 Romania1
2,578 Guam1
49,101 Denmark1
97 Tuvalu1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
25,721 Egypt1
4,435 Togo1
2,613 The Bahamas1
12,270 Lebanon1
3,243 Suriname1
624 Solomon Islands1
24,421 Slovakia1
113 Falkland Islands1
1,819 Laos1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
537 Liechtenstein1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,360 Netherlands49
6,873 Ireland44
21,712 Sweden44
372 Marshall Islands37
18,843 Chile36
43,662 Belgium30
59,636 Spain29
130,701 Ukraine28
36,547 Switzerland27
18,889 New Zealand26
643 United States Virgin Islands24
3,343 China13
5,704 Guyana11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
1,285 Fiji97
2,902 Qatar88
15 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha85
167 Antigua and Barbuda74
2,053 Bahrain73
5,257 Wales68
12,538 Norway59
3,881 Hong Kong59
677 Iceland57
172,092 Russia56
8,843 Scotland53
371 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines52
Countries with hundreds of Joshua:
2,584 Sri Lanka978
21,418 Philippines644
1,674 United Arab Emirates634
5,446 Cameroon595
44 Vanuatu440
1,232 Oman433
25,888 Germany403
8,588 Saudi Arabia385
7,635 Australia375
6,472 Zimbabwe302
13,406 Canada282
14,944 Mexico262
1,665 Singapore248
933 Trinidad and Tobago223
1,809 Kuwait209
5,507 Israel200
48,146 Indonesia194
2,099 Botswana188
27,627 Turkey175
2,148 Namibia163
66,174 France147
64,630 Brazil143
59,335 Italy112
Countries with thousands of Joshua:
991 Kenya5,728
1,222 South Africa5,443
9,593 United States3,823
652 Malawi3,667
1,111 Ghana3,115
14,945 India2,997
264 Papua New Guinea2,740
1,878 Malaysia1,492
1,228 Rwanda1,263
5,899 England1,205
5,442 Pakistan1,006
Countries with ten thousands of Joshua:
229 Tanzania22,607
429 Uganda13,443
Countries with hundred thousands of Joshua:
200 Nigeria107,137
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Comments

M
Markus Quigg
Joshua is a baptismal name of biblical origin, derived from the Hebrew yhosua, that is to say God is salvation, the savior.

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