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
The surname Akosse is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Akossé. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akosse? popularity and diffusion
The last name Akosse is the 618,896th most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 14,663,070 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Akosse are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 74 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 332,375th most common first name worldwide, held by 628 people.
The last name Akosse is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 252 people, or 1 in 41,014. In Benin it is most frequent in: Zou Department, where 57 percent live, Kouffo Department, where 41 percent live and Collines Department, where 2 percent live. Barring Benin this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 27 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 15 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 Akosse
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