Hossea Surname
Approximately 1,184 people bear this surname
Hossea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,163 | 1:45,522 | 5,136 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Hossea (213) may also be a first name.
Hossea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hossea Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hossea occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Hossea.
How Common Is The Last Name Hossea? popularity and diffusion
Hossea is the 316,633rd most widespread family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 6,155,022 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Hossea are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 619,385th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 213 people.
Hossea is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,163 people, or 1 in 45,522. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Kigoma Region, where 21 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 16 percent live and Singida Region, where 14 percent live. Other than Tanzania it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and Bangladesh, 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
- 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 Hossea
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