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 last name Fosso is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Fosso.
How Common Is The Last Name Fosso? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fosso is the 61,662nd most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 893,848 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Fosso live; 90 percent live in Central Africa and 89 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Fosso is also the 661,310th most frequently held first name globally, held by 189 people.
It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 7,344 people, or 1 in 2,828. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 32 percent live, Littoral Region, where 30 percent live and West Region, where 30 percent live. Outside of Cameroon Fosso is found in 31 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Fosso Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Fosso surname are 6.15% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 59.38% registered with the 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
- 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 Fosso
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