Akossan Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Akossan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 75 | 1:137,808 | 14,664 |
| Ivory Coast | 20 | 1:1,153,562 | 26,783 |
| Burkina Faso | 15 | 1:1,223,473 | 11,207 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Akossan (129) may also be a first name.
Akossan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akossan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akossan is most common in Benin. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akossan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,649,806th most widespread last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Akossan reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akossan is also the 818,356th most widespread first name globally It is held by 129 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 137,808. In Benin Akossan is mostly found in: Collines Department, where 72 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 24 percent reside and Zou Department, where 3 percent reside. Other than Benin it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 17 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 12 percent reside.
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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 Akossan
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