Ahossa Surname
Approximately 472 people bear this surname
Ahossa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 464 | 1:22,275 | 2,989 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Ahossa (153) may also be a first name.
Ahossa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ahossa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ahossa is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ahossa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 642,991st most frequent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 15,439,716 people. The surname Ahossa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ahossa reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 743,570th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 153 people.
This last name is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 464 people, or 1 in 22,275. In Benin Ahossa is primarily found in: Zou Department, where 34 percent live, Collines Department, where 29 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 28 percent live. Apart from Benin this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Ahossa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis