Awossi Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Awossi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 35 | 1:659,178 | 18,915 |
| Benin | 17 | 1:607,977 | 36,930 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Awossi (15) may also be a first name.
Awossi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awossi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awossi is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Awossi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,635,433rd most common last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Awossi live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used forename on earth, held by 15 people.
The surname Awossi is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 659,178. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily concentrated in: Comoé District, where 40 percent live, Bas-Sassandra District, where 31 percent live and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 23 percent live. Apart from The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 31 percent live and The Congo, where 2 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 Awossi
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