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
Okossi occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Okossi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okossi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okossi is the 503,100th most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,160,101 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Okossi reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okossi is also the 890,531st most numerous given name worldwide, borne by 111 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 543 people, or 1 in 19,034. In Benin it is most frequent in: Borgou Department, where 96 percent reside, Donga Department, where 1 percent reside and Plateau Department, where 1 percent reside. Other than Benin Okossi occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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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