Lokossa Surname
Approximately 1,511 people bear this surname
Lokossa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,453 | 1:7,113 | 979 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Lokossa (102) may also be a first name.
Lokossa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lokossa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lokossa is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lokossa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lokossa is the 260,043rd most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,822,995 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lokossa are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lokossa is also the 935,178th most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 102 people.
Lokossa is most frequently held in Benin, where it is borne by 1,453 people, or 1 in 7,113. In Benin Lokossa is most common in: Mono Department, where 57 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 14 percent live and Littoral Department, where 13 percent live. Apart from Benin this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, 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 Lokossa
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