Akosso Surname
Approximately 847 people bear this surname
Akosso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 627 | 1:36,796 | 2,432 |
| Cameroon | 82 | 1:253,281 | 24,740 |
| Benin | 61 | 1:169,436 | 16,929 |
| Congo | 57 | 1:87,528 | 7,379 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Akosso (170) may also be a first name.
Akosso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akosso Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akosso is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Akosso? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 411,827th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 8,603,950 people. The surname Akosso is mostly found in Africa, where 37 percent of Akosso live; 20 percent live in West Africa and 20 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akosso is also the 701,320th most frequently occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 170 people.
The last name Akosso is most frequent in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 627 people, or 1 in 36,796. In The Ivory Coast it is most frequent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 83 percent live, Lagunes District, where 6 percent live and Vallée du Bandama District, where 4 percent live. Besides The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 10 percent live and Benin, where 7 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
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- 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 Akosso
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