Ossah Surname
Approximately 556 people bear this surname
Ossah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 315 | 1:32,811 | 4,303 |
| Cameroon | 190 | 1:109,311 | 12,779 |
| Nigeria | 40 | 1:4,428,569 | 120,862 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Ossah (47) may also be a first name.
Ossah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ossah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ossah is most common in Benin. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ossah? popularity and diffusion
Ossah is the 568,231st most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,107,097 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ossah reside; 65 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 47 people.
The last name Ossah is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 315 people, or 1 in 32,811. In Benin it is most numerous in: Ouémé Department, where 72 percent are found, Mono Department, where 19 percent are found and Zou Department, where 3 percent are found. Barring Benin this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 34 percent are found and Nigeria, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Ossah
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