Ahossi Surname
Approximately 8,725 people bear this surname
Ahossi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 6,801 | 1:1,520 | 195 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,866 | 1:12,364 | 1,007 |
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ahossi (2,433) may also be a first name.
Ahossi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ahossi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ahossi occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ahossi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 57,995th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 835,249 people. The surname Ahossi is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ahossi are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ahossi is also the 150,110th most frequent given name on earth, borne by 2,433 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is held by 6,801 people, or 1 in 1,520. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Zou Department, where 41 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 15 percent live and Littoral Department, where 12 percent live. Excluding Benin it exists in 14 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 21 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
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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 Ahossi
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