Lokossi Surname
Approximately 2,037 people bear this surname
Lokossi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,990 | 1:5,194 | 678 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Lokossi (1,933) may also be a first name.
Lokossi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lokossi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lokossi is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lokossi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lokossi is the 204,099th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,577,588 people. The surname Lokossi is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Lokossi are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 172,554th most widespread given name worldwide, borne by 1,933 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 1,990 people, or 1 in 5,194. In Benin it is mostly found in: Zou Department, where 36 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 31 percent live and Collines Department, where 14 percent live. Other than Benin this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 1 percent live and France, 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 Lokossi
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