Ossongo Surname
Approximately 596 people bear this surname
Ossongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 550 | 1:37,762 | 5,056 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Congo | 16 | 1:311,818 | 9,139 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ossongo (64) may also be a first name.
Ossongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ossongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ossongo is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ossongo.
How Common Is The Last Name Ossongo? popularity and diffusion
Ossongo is the 539,451st most frequently occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 12,227,426 people. The surname Ossongo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ossongo live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,223,525th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 64 people.
It is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 550 people, or 1 in 37,762. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 90 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 7 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent are found. Beside Cameroon Ossongo is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found and The Congo, where 3 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 Ossongo
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