Ossong Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Ossong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 74 | 1:280,663 | 26,698 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Ossong (29) may also be a first name.
Ossong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ossong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ossong occurs most in Cameroon. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ossong? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,075,631st most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. Ossong is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Ossong are found; 90 percent are found in Central Africa and 89 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 29 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 74 people, or 1 in 280,663. In Cameroon Ossong is most common in: Centre Region, where 58 percent live, Southwest Region, where 23 percent live and Littoral Region, where 14 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 7 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
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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 Ossong
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