Fossoh Surname
Approximately 383 people bear this surname
Fossoh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 378 | 1:54,945 | 7,115 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Fossoh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fossoh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fossoh is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Fossoh.
How Common Is The Last Name Fossoh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 749,861st most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 19,027,535 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Fossoh live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 378 people, or 1 in 54,945. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Southwest Region, where 30 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 26 percent are found and Centre Region, where 24 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Fossoh
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