Ossan Surname
Approximately 810 people bear this surname
Ossan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| Argentina | 154 | 1:277,555 | 22,327 |
| Ivory Coast | 94 | 1:245,439 | 9,826 |
| Nigeria | 88 | 1:2,012,986 | 70,656 |
| Benin | 62 | 1:166,703 | 16,738 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
The alternate forms: Ossán (2) are calculated separately.
Ossan (229) may also be a first name.
Ossan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ossan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ossan (Hindi: ओस्सन, Marathi: ओसान) is most common in Sri Lanka. It can also appear as a variant: Ossán. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ossan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 426,610th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 8,996,970 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 48 percent of Ossan are found; 47 percent are found in South Asia and 47 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 593,349th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 229 people.
The last name is most frequent in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 365 people, or 1 in 57,010. Excluding Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 19 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ossan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ossan in the Marathi language | ||
| ओसान | osana | - |
| Ossan in the Hindi language | ||
| ओस्सन | os'sana | 83.33 |
| ओससन | osasana | 16.67 |
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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 Ossan
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