Okossi Surname
Approximately 653 people bear this surname
Okossi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 543 | 1:19,034 | 2,548 |
| Ivory Coast | 85 | 1:271,426 | 10,543 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Okossi (111) may also be a first name.
Okossi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okossi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okossi has its highest incidence in Benin. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okossi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 503,100th most common family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 11,160,101 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Okossi live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 890,531st most widely held given name throughout the world, held by 111 people.
The surname Okossi is most frequently held in Benin, where it is carried by 543 people, or 1 in 19,034. In Benin it is most common in: Borgou Department, where 96 percent live, Donga Department, where 1 percent live and Plateau Department, where 1 percent live. Apart from Benin this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent live and The United States, 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 Okossi
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