Fossu Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Fossu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fossu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon101:2,076,907105,188
England71:7,959,723202,100
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Fossu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fossu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Fossu (Russian: Фоссу) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fossu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,649,889th most widely held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Fossu is primarily found in Africa, where 56 percent of Fossu live; 56 percent live in Central Africa and 56 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

Fossu is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 2,076,907. In Cameroon Fossu is most common in: Littoral Region, where 100 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 39 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fossou911,761/
Fosseu9126/
Fossus911/
Fossuh911/
Fossup910/
Fossut910/
Fosu8932,880/
Fosseux83229/
Fossoux8368/
Fossoud8355/
Fosseus8324/
Foussou835/
Fuosseu834/
Fossuhe831/
Fousseu831/
Fosseut830/
Fassu8095/
Fessu8028/
Foseu8024/
Fosuh8024/
Fussu8021/
Fotsu807/
Foosu804/
Fosut801/
Fosus801/
Foshu800/
Foissaud7716/
Foussous771/
Foussoux770/
Fotseu73336/
Fasseu73296/
Fassou73142/
Fotsou7340/
Fosouh7322/
Fessuh7320/
Fotsus7311/
Fossoo731/
Foszou731/
Fossoe731/
Fussou731/
Fassau731/
Fotsuh731/
Foshuy730/
Fooshu730/
Fusu67693/
Fasu67145/
Fesu6765/
Faussou6758/
Faussau6742/
Vosu6726/
Foutsou6714/
Feusseu678/
Fassous677/
Foudsou677/
Fozu673/
Fassouh672/
Fassouy671/
Fahssou671/
Vohssou671/
Feussou671/
Fessouh671/
Faassou671/
Fassutt670/
Fassuit670/

Fossu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fossu in the Russian language
Фоссуfossu-

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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 Fossu
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