Obossi Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Obossi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 57 | 1:87,528 | 7,379 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Obossi (92) may also be a first name.
Obossi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obossi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obossi occurs in The Congo more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Obossi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,460,878th most frequently used family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. The last name Obossi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obossi reside; 93 percent reside in Central Africa and 93 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 992,070th most frequent forename worldwide. It is borne by 92 people.
The surname is most frequently held in The Congo, where it is borne by 57 people, or 1 in 87,528. In The Congo it is mostly found in: Brazzaville Department, where 96 percent live and Pointe-Noire Department, where 2 percent live. Besides The Congo it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 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 Obossi
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