Kiossa Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Kiossa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 117 | 1:88,338 | 10,310 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Kiossa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiossa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kiossa is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiossa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,666,404th most prevalent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kiossa reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Kiossa is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 88,338. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Zou Department, where 61 percent live, Ouémé Department, where 28 percent live and Littoral Department, where 5 percent live. Besides Benin this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 1 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 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 Kiossa
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