Hossoo Surname
Approximately 282 people bear this surname
Hossoo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
Hossoo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hossoo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hossoo is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hossoo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 933,049th most widespread family name internationally, held by around 1 in 25,842,361 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Hossoo are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most common in Ghana, where it is carried by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Aside from Ghana this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and Egypt, 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 Hossoo
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