Fossah Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Fossah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Fossah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fossah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fossah is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Fossah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,369,340th most frequently used family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 45,264,260 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fossah live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Fossah is most common in Malawi, where it is borne by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Excluding Malawi Fossah occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 2 percent live and South Africa, 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 Fossah
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