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 carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ossah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 568,231st most frequent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 13,107,097 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ossah live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ossah is also the 1,467,136th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 47 people.
The surname Ossah is most frequently held in Benin, where it is borne by 315 people, or 1 in 32,811. In Benin Ossah is primarily concentrated in: Ouémé Department, where 72 percent reside, Mono Department, where 19 percent reside and Zou Department, where 3 percent reside. Other than Benin Ossah is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 34 percent reside and Nigeria, where 7 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
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- 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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