Ossanga Surname
Approximately 216 people bear this surname
Ossanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 185 | 1:112,265 | 13,040 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Ossanga (34) may also be a first name.
Ossanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ossanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ossanga is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ossanga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,121,821st most common family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 33,738,638 people. The last name Ossanga occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ossanga are found; 97 percent are found in Central Africa and 97 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 34 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 185 people, or 1 in 112,265. In Cameroon Ossanga is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 92 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 5 percent are found and Northwest Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Cameroon this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 10 percent are found and The Congo, where 2 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 Ossanga
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