Mossi Surname
Approximately 15,702 people bear this surname
Mossi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 9,031 | 1:2,125 | 236 |
| Tanzania | 1,710 | 1:30,960 | 3,666 |
| Togo | 1,365 | 1:5,310 | 1,020 |
| Brazil | 689 | 1:310,703 | 11,977 |
| Italy | 657 | 1:93,085 | 16,026 |
| DR Congo | 636 | 1:116,163 | 12,690 |
| Benin | 315 | 1:32,811 | 4,303 |
| Cameroon | 299 | 1:69,462 | 8,730 |
| United States | 180 | 1:2,013,661 | 129,138 |
| Argentina | 164 | 1:260,631 | 21,036 |
| Switzerland | 159 | 1:51,654 | 6,794 |
| Ivory Coast | 102 | 1:226,189 | 9,304 |
| Spain | 87 | 1:537,380 | 26,266 |
| Burkina Faso | 53 | 1:346,266 | 5,749 |
| Uruguay | 49 | 1:70,036 | 7,400 |
| Honduras | 30 | 1:293,881 | 2,662 |
| Pakistan | 28 | 1:6,380,139 | 37,476 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Iran | 14 | 1:5,484,466 | 128,255 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Burundi | 9 | 1:1,089,428 | 846 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| El Salvador | 4 | 1:1,585,972 | 4,802 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Mossi (5,166) may also be a first name.
Mossi Demographics
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Mossi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mossi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mossi (Russian: Мосси) is held by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mossi? popularity and diffusion
Mossi is the 33,791st most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 464,116 people. The surname Mossi is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Mossi live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 94,272nd most frequently occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 5,166 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Niger, where it is borne by 9,031 people, or 1 in 2,125. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Tillabéri Region, where 69 percent live, Niamey Capital District, where 16 percent live and Dosso Region, where 12 percent live. Besides Niger this last name exists in 51 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 11 percent live and Togo, where 9 percent live.
Mossi Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Mossi last name are 5.95% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 59.18% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Mossi earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 37.58% less than the national average, earning €18,744 per year; in Peru they earn 552.4% more than the national average, earning S/. 126,468 per year and in United States they earn 14.03% more than the national average, earning $49,201 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mossi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mossi in the Russian language | ||
| Мосси | mossi | - |
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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
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- 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 Mossi
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