Fosso Surname
Approximately 8,153 people bear this surname
Fosso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 7,344 | 1:2,828 | 331 |
| Italy | 223 | 1:274,245 | 35,724 |
| United States | 191 | 1:1,897,691 | 123,202 |
| France | 182 | 1:364,960 | 54,499 |
| Norway | 101 | 1:50,914 | 7,301 |
| Belgium | 30 | 1:383,221 | 41,070 |
| Argentina | 23 | 1:1,858,409 | 95,340 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Guinea | 4 | 1:2,958,454 | 2,022 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1:803,134 | 15,170 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
Fosso (189) may also be a first name.
Fosso Demographics
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Fosso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fosso Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fosso occurs most in Cameroon. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fosso? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fosso is the 61,662nd most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 893,848 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Fosso reside; 90 percent reside in Central Africa and 89 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Fosso is also the 661,310th most prevalent given name internationally It is held by 189 people.
Fosso is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 7,344 people, or 1 in 2,828. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 32 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 30 percent reside and West Region, where 30 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this last name exists in 31 countries. It is also common in Italy, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Fosso Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Fosso are 6.15% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 59.38% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Fosso earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 56.22% more than the national average, earning €46,913 per year; in Norway they earn 14.43% less than the national average, earning 296,136 kr per year and in United States they earn 14.98% more than the national average, earning $49,614 USD per year.
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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
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