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
Ossong is found most in Cameroon. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ossong? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,075,631st most widely held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Ossong live; 90 percent live in Central Africa and 89 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Ossong is also the 1,951,561st most prevalent forename in the world, held by 29 people.
It is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 74 people, or 1 in 280,663. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 58 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 23 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 7 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
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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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