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
Ossongo occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ossongo? popularity and diffusion
Ossongo is the 539,451st most common family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 12,227,426 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ossongo are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Ossongo is also the 1,223,525th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 64 people.
Ossongo is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 550 people, or 1 in 37,762. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 90 percent live, Littoral Region, where 7 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Cameroon it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 4 percent live and The Congo, where 3 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 Ossongo
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