Bokossa Surname
Approximately 2,881 people bear this surname
Bokossa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2,755 | 1:3,752 | 480 |
| Ivory Coast | 78 | 1:295,785 | 11,177 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
Bokossa (43) may also be a first name.
Bokossa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bokossa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bokossa is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bokossa? popularity and diffusion
Bokossa is the 152,702nd most common family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 2,529,520 people. The last name Bokossa is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Bokossa reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bokossa is also the 1,545,828th most widespread first name globally, borne by 43 people.
The last name Bokossa is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 2,755 people, or 1 in 3,752. In Benin it is primarily found in: Zou Department, where 31 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 17 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 14 percent live. Other than Benin it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 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
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- 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 Bokossa
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