Bakossi Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Bakossi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 37 | 1:279,341 | 23,629 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bakossi (60) may also be a first name.
Bakossi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakossi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bakossi is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakossi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bakossi is the 2,414,640th most prevalent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. The last name Bakossi occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Bakossi reside; 62 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bakossi is also the 1,270,172nd most frequently held given name at a global level, held by 60 people.
This last name is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 279,341. In Benin it is most numerous in: Alibori Department, where 81 percent are found, Donga Department, where 16 percent are found and Ouémé Department, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 29 percent are found and Greece, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Bakossi
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