Fossa Surname
Approximately 4,578 people bear this surname
Fossa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 1,906 | 1:32,086 | 5,746 |
| Brazil | 1,084 | 1:197,486 | 7,614 |
| Argentina | 434 | 1:98,487 | 8,305 |
| United States | 344 | 1:1,053,660 | 77,038 |
| Peru | 232 | 1:137,001 | 7,600 |
| Poland | 102 | 1:372,635 | 40,973 |
| Indonesia | 74 | 1:1,787,151 | 115,268 |
| Chile | 68 | 1:259,066 | 7,750 |
| Cameroon | 68 | 1:305,427 | 28,416 |
| France | 64 | 1:1,037,855 | 114,367 |
| Canada | 25 | 1:1,473,824 | 101,190 |
| Switzerland | 24 | 1:342,205 | 26,446 |
| Uruguay | 23 | 1:149,207 | 13,102 |
| Moldova | 20 | 1:178,068 | 17,570 |
| Venezuela | 15 | 1:2,013,605 | 24,362 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Ecuador | 10 | 1:1,590,585 | 18,674 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Fossá (38), Fossà (7) & Fóssa (2) are calculated separately.
Fossa (166) may also be a first name.
Fossa Demographics
Average Male Fossa Height
175.87 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Fossa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fossa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fossa (Russian: Фосса) occurs most in Italy. It may also occur as a variant: Fossá, Fossà or Fóssa. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fossa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 102,828th most widely held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,591,862 people. The surname Fossa occurs predominantly in Europe, where 47 percent of Fossa are found; 42 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 42 percent are found in Italic Europe. Fossa is also the 710,504th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 166 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Italy, where it is borne by 1,906 people, or 1 in 32,086. In Italy it is mostly concentrated in: Liguria, where 32 percent reside, Lombardy, where 25 percent reside and Veneto, where 13 percent reside. Not including Italy this surname is found in 42 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 24 percent reside and Argentina, where 9 percent reside.
Fossa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Fossa has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Fossa last name rose 8,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Fossa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Fossa surname are 2.95% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 56.18% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Fossa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 10.67% more than the national average, earning €33,234 per year; in Peru they earn 99.06% more than the national average, earning S/. 38,588 per year; in South Africa they earn 47.62% less than the national average, earning R 124,464 per year; in United States they earn 10.22% more than the national average, earning $47,557 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.97% less than the national average, earning $49,200 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fossa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fossa in the Russian language | ||
| Фосса | fossa | - |
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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 Fossa
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