Ossm Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ossm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ossm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Ossm Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ossm Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ossm is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ossm? popularity and diffusion

Ossm is the 6,360,413th most prevalent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Ossm reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Federal Capital Territory, where 63 percent are found, Lagos, where 25 percent are found and Kogi, where 13 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hossm8911/
Ossme891/
Osm86167/
Osme75151/
Essm75124/
Assm757/
Oshm757/
Gosm756/
Oysm753/
Ousm753/
Hosm752/
Osxm752/
Oosm751/
Odsm751/
Ussm751/
Hosme67147/
Assme6778/
Hassm673/
Gassm672/
Oshjm671/
Osmme670/

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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 Ossm
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis