Fossá Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Fossá Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Denmark | 14 | 1:403,194 | 27,097 |
| Faroe Islands | 5 | 1:9,800 | 861 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Fossa (4,578), Fossà (7) & Fóssa (2) are calculated separately.
Fossá Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fossá Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fossá occurs in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Fossa, Fossà or Fóssa. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fossá? popularity and diffusion
Fossá is the 3,185,033rd most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Fossá are found; 50 percent are found in Northern Europe and 50 percent are found in Scandinavia.
This surname is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 12,592,608. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 47 percent live, Santa Catarina, where 29 percent live and Paraná, where 12 percent live. Aside from Brazil this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 37 percent live and The Faroe Islands, where 13 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
- 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 Fossá
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