Ossom Surname
Approximately 3,935 people bear this surname
Ossom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 2,632 | 1:10,266 | 1,368 |
| Nigeria | 1,154 | 1:153,503 | 9,692 |
| Cameroon | 83 | 1:250,230 | 24,514 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ossom (114) may also be a first name.
Ossom Demographics
Average Ossom Salary in
United States
$52,708 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ossom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ossom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ossom is most common in Ghana. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ossom? popularity and diffusion
It is the 117,074th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,851,981 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ossom are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ossom is also the 877,214th most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 114 people.
The last name is most widely held in Ghana, where it is borne by 2,632 people, or 1 in 10,266. Not including Ghana it occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 29 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 percent live.
Ossom Last Name Statistics demography
Ossom earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 22.15% more than the national average, earning $52,708 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 Ossom
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