Akosse Surname
Approximately 497 people bear this surname
Akosse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 252 | 1:41,014 | 5,272 |
| Ivory Coast | 134 | 1:172,173 | 7,731 |
| Burkina Faso | 77 | 1:238,339 | 4,764 |
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
The alternate forms: Akossé (1) are calculated separately.
Akosse (628) may also be a first name.
Akosse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akosse Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akosse is found most frequently in Benin. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Akossé. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akosse? popularity and diffusion
Akosse is the 618,896th most numerous family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 14,663,070 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Akosse reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 332,375th most frequently used given name world-wide, held by 628 people.
It is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 252 people, or 1 in 41,014. In Benin it is primarily found in: Zou Department, where 57 percent reside, Kouffo Department, where 41 percent reside and Collines Department, where 2 percent reside. Besides Benin Akosse occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 27 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 15 percent reside.
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 Akosse
- 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