Gender: Male
Josiah "Joe" Henson was an American freestyle wrestler and a career U.S. Navy officer. In 1952 he won the AAU wrestling championships without losing a single point and was named the tournament's outstanding wrestler. The same year he won an Olympic bronze medal. Henson attended every Summer Olympics from 1952 to 2000 in various capacities, as a competitor, referee, member of the U.S. Olympic Committee, and acting president of the World Taekwondo Federation. He served a four-year term as chairman of the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Committee and later became the AAU president.
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On the name Josiah Henson, Josiah means Jehovah has Healed, Fire of the Lord, The Lord Supports.
The name Josiah Henson is often used as a Male name and is mostly used as a First Name.
Josiah is commonly found in United States of America, Nigeria, South Africa, and 61 more countries.
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At NamesLook, the name Josiah is recorded 5,326 times globally, ranking it as the 9,613th most common name worldwide.
Josiah is most prevalent in United States of America, with 2,660 occurrences, making it the 1,452th most popular name in the country.
In United States of America, the name Josiah is found among 1 in every 680 people, showcasing its highest frequency there.
| Country | Rank | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| United States of America | #1,452 | 1 : 680 |
| Nigeria | #1,054 | 1 : 965 |
| South Africa | #3,208 | 1 : 4,449 |
| Canada | #2,466 | 1 : 1,914 |
| United Kingdom | #4,061 | 1 : 3,169 |
| Singapore | #2,348 | 1 : 4,065 |
| Ghana | #1,436 | 1 : 2,843 |
| Malaysia | #16,732 | 1 : 36,863 |
| Hong Kong | #4,855 | 1 : 8,319 |
| Italy | #25,314 | 1 : 38,146 |
This chart displays the ranking of the name Josiah from 1980 to 2023, based on the most recent data from the U.S. Social Security Administration.
Josiah "Joe" Henson was an American freestyle wrestler and a career U.S. Navy officer. In 1952 he won the AAU wrestling championships without losing a single point and was named the tournament's outstanding wrestler. The same year he won an Olympic bronze medal. Henson attended every Summer Olympics from 1952 to 2000 in various capacities, as a competitor, referee, member of the U.S. Olympic Committee, and acting president of the World Taekwondo Federation. He served a four-year term as chairman of the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Committee and later became the AAU president.
Josiah Henson was an author, abolitionist, and minister. Born into slavery, in Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland, he escaped to Upper Canada in 1830, and founded a settlement and laborer's school for other fugitive slaves at Dawn, near Dresden, in Kent County, Upper Canada, of Ontario. Henson's autobiography, The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself (1849), is believed to have inspired the title character of Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852). Following the success of Stowe's novel, Henson issued an expanded version of his memoir in 1858, Truth Stranger Than Fiction. Father Henson's Story of His Own Life. Interest in his life continued, and nearly two decades later, his life story was updated and published as Uncle Tom's Story of His Life: An Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson (1876).
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