Bocossa Surname
Approximately 351 people bear this surname
Bocossa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 340 | 1:30,399 | 4,010 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Bocossa (25) may also be a first name.
Bocossa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bocossa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bocossa is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bocossa? popularity and diffusion
Bocossa is the 799,576th most numerous family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,762,239 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Bocossa live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 25 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 340 people, or 1 in 30,399. In Benin Bocossa is primarily concentrated in: Zou Department, where 38 percent live, Collines Department, where 25 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 13 percent live. Apart from Benin this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 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 Bocossa
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