de La Ossa Surname

109,165th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,264 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

de La Ossa Surname User-submission:

A Basque surname. It comes from the basque word, otsoa or otxoa, which means 'wolf'.

de La Ossa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia3,4941:13,6731,268
Spain7291:64,1325,784
Venezuela3491:86,5453,377
Panama1981:19,7591,338
United States1161:3,124,646180,867
Costa Rica381:125,7911,936
Mexico211:5,910,77231,438
Ecuador151:1,060,39014,974
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Nicaragua51:1,204,2185,298
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
England31:18,572,686338,250
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
France11:66,422,722504,397
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Chile11:17,616,47493,597

de La Ossa Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

A Basque surname. It comes from the basque word, otsoa or otxoa, which means 'wolf'.

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de La Ossa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de La Ossa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname de La Ossa is found most frequently in Colombia. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name de La Ossa? popularity and diffusion

de La Ossa is the 109,165th most widely held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,709,087 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of de La Ossa are found; 91 percent are found in South America and 90 percent are found in Caribbean South America.

The surname de La Ossa is most frequent in Colombia, where it is held by 3,494 people, or 1 in 13,673. In Colombia de La Ossa is most common in: Sucre Department, where 41 percent live, Córdoba Department, where 33 percent live and Atlántico Department, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Colombia this surname occurs in 23 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 17 percent live and Venezuela, where 8 percent live.

de La Ossa Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de La Ossa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 0.9% less than the national average, earning $22,498,800 COP per year and in United States they earn 65.7% more than the national average, earning $71,500 USD per year.

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