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
The last name Akosso is carried by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Akosso.
How Common Is The Last Name Akosso? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 411,827th most frequently used last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 8,603,950 people. Akosso occurs predominantly in Africa, where 37 percent of Akosso are found; 20 percent are found in West Africa and 20 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akosso is also the 701,320th most commonly occurring forename globally. It is borne by 170 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 627 people, or 1 in 36,796. In The Ivory Coast Akosso 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. Aside from The Ivory Coast this last name is found 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
- 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 Akosso
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