Hossana Surname
Approximately 453 people bear this surname
Hossana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 423 | 1:418,777 | 21,740 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
Hossana (7,187) may also be a first name.
Hossana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hossana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hossana (Arabic: حوصاني) occurs most in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hossana? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 662,685th most widespread family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 16,087,298 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Hossana are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 76,291st most widely held first name in the world, borne by 7,187 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 423 people, or 1 in 418,777. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Adamawa, where 31 percent are found, Delta, where 11 percent are found and Akwa Ibom, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Hossana is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 2 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hossana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hossana in the Arabic language | ||
| حوصاني | hwsany | - |
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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 Hossana
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