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 last name Obossi is held by more people in The Congo than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obossi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,460,878th most frequently used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obossi live; 93 percent live in Central Africa and 93 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 992,070th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 92 people.
The last name is most common in The Congo, where it is held 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. Aside from The Congo this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common 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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