Bossah Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Bossah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
Bossah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bossah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bossah is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bossah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,730,171st most common surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bossah live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Bossah is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria Bossah is mostly concentrated in: Kano, where 45 percent live, Lagos, where 25 percent live and Rivers, where 15 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 18 percent live and Benin, where 11 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 Bossah
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