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 more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakossi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,414,640th most common last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Bakossi reside; 62 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,270,172nd most common given name world-wide It is held by 60 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 279,341. In Benin Bakossi is most frequent in: Alibori Department, where 81 percent reside, Donga Department, where 16 percent reside and Ouémé Department, where 3 percent reside. Barring Benin it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 29 percent reside and Greece, where 6 percent reside.
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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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