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 occurs most in Cameroon. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fossoh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 749,861st most common last name in the world, held by around 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 Fossoh is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 378 people, or 1 in 54,945. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 30 percent live, Littoral Region, where 26 percent live and Centre Region, where 24 percent live. Beside Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 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
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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 Fossoh
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