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 is held by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Osseï. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ossei? popularity and diffusion
Ossei is the 150,965th most frequently used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 2,496,590 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Ossei are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 487,350th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 324 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Ghana, where it is held by 2,563 people, or 1 in 10,543. Apart from Ghana this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 4 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent reside.
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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