Ossoua Surname
Approximately 437 people bear this surname
Ossoua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 376 | 1:55,237 | 7,149 |
| Ivory Coast | 42 | 1:549,315 | 16,834 |
| Benin | 18 | 1:574,200 | 35,798 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Ossoua (11) may also be a first name.
Ossoua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ossoua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ossoua has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Ossoua click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ossoua? popularity and diffusion
Ossoua is the 680,882nd most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 16,676,306 people. The last name Ossoua occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ossoua are found; 86 percent are found in Central Africa and 58 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring given name at a global level It is held by 11 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 376 people, or 1 in 55,237. In Cameroon Ossoua is most numerous in: East Region, where 89 percent are found, Centre Region, where 7 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 10 percent are found and Benin, where 4 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 Ossoua
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