Oisso Surname
Approximately 1,798 people bear this surname
Oisso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,792 | 1:29,543 | 3,523 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oisso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oisso Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oisso is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oisso? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 225,936th most commonly used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,053,140 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oisso live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,792 people, or 1 in 29,543. In Tanzania Oisso is most numerous in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 56 percent live, Arusha Region, where 14 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 12 percent live. Besides Tanzania it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 0 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 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 Oisso
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