Foussa Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Foussa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 81 | 1:476,933 | 36,415 |
| Cameroon | 56 | 1:370,876 | 32,690 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Foussa (27) may also be a first name.
Foussa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foussa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Foussa is carried by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Foussa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Foussa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,484,726th most frequently held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. Foussa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Foussa are found; 57 percent are found in North Africa and 57 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently used first name on earth, held by 27 people.
This surname is most numerous in Algeria, where it is held by 81 people, or 1 in 476,933. In Algeria Foussa is mostly found in: Tiaret Province, where 100 percent live. Aside from Algeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 39 percent live and The Congo, where 3 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 Foussa
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