Oussa Surname
Approximately 4,156 people bear this surname
Oussa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2,530 | 1:4,085 | 520 |
| Niger | 1,330 | 1:14,430 | 982 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Oussa (1,267) may also be a first name.
Oussa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oussa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oussa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻮﺳﻰ) is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oussa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Oussa is the 111,668th most commonly used last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,753,500 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Oussa reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 61 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 221,694th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 1,267 people.
The surname Oussa is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 2,530 people, or 1 in 4,085. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Ouémé Department, where 41 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 33 percent are found and Zou Department, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Benin this last name occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 32 percent are found and Morocco, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oussa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oussa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻮﺳﻰ | mwsy | - |
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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
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- 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 Oussa
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