Ossei Surname
Approximately 2,919 people bear this surname
Ossei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 2,563 | 1:10,543 | 1,407 |
| Niger | 126 | 1:152,318 | 5,554 |
| Ivory Coast | 85 | 1:271,426 | 10,543 |
| England | 78 | 1:714,334 | 40,171 |
| United States | 30 | 1:12,081,964 | 463,456 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Osseï (1) are calculated separately.
Ossei (324) may also be a first name.
Ossei Demographics
Average Ossei Salary in
United States
$48,971 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ossei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ossei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ossei occurs in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Osseï. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ossei? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 150,965th most frequently held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 2,496,590 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Ossei reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 487,350th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 324 people.
The last name is most frequent in Ghana, where it is carried by 2,563 people, or 1 in 10,543. Not including Ghana this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 4 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent live.
Ossei Last Name Statistics demography
Ossei earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.49% more than the national average, earning $48,971 USD per year.
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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 Ossei
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