Ossoumba Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Ossoumba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
Ossoumba (10) may also be a first name.
Ossoumba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ossoumba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ossoumba occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ossoumba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ossoumba is the 3,730,171st most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ossoumba live; 75 percent live in Central Africa and 75 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Ossoumba is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 10 people.
It is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 989,003. In Cameroon Ossoumba is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 76 percent live, Southwest Region, where 10 percent live and Centre Region, where 5 percent live. Barring Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Benin, where 25 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 Ossoumba
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