Sosah Surname
Approximately 455 people bear this surname
Sosah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Liberia | 128 | 1:34,442 | 3,224 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Sosah (13) may also be a first name.
Sosah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sosah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sosah (Arabic: صوسه) occurs more in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sosah.
How Common Is The Last Name Sosah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sosah is the 660,498th most frequently held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 16,016,584 people. The surname Sosah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Sosah are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 61 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sosah is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 13 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Ghana, where it is borne by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Excluding Ghana it occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 28 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sosah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sosah in the Arabic language | ||
| صوسه | swsh | - |
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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 Sosah
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