Sossa Surname
Approximately 25,541 people bear this surname
Sossa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 13,989 | 1:739 | 75 |
| Bolivia | 4,216 | 1:2,518 | 438 |
| Colombia | 3,733 | 1:12,798 | 1,221 |
| Togo | 1,365 | 1:5,310 | 1,020 |
| Gabon | 303 | 1:6,235 | 1,152 |
| United States | 303 | 1:1,196,234 | 85,175 |
| Chile | 203 | 1:86,781 | 3,370 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Nigeria | 181 | 1:978,689 | 41,594 |
| Argentina | 172 | 1:248,508 | 20,139 |
| Spain | 105 | 1:445,257 | 23,393 |
| Costa Rica | 97 | 1:49,279 | 1,132 |
| Mexico | 90 | 1:1,379,180 | 15,553 |
| Brazil | 80 | 1:2,675,929 | 80,209 |
| Venezuela | 72 | 1:419,501 | 8,522 |
| Ivory Coast | 63 | 1:366,210 | 12,917 |
| Panama | 43 | 1:90,983 | 3,586 |
| Ecuador | 38 | 1:418,575 | 10,137 |
| Italy | 37 | 1:1,652,883 | 83,776 |
| France | 31 | 1:2,142,668 | 174,004 |
| Burkina Faso | 30 | 1:611,737 | 7,703 |
| Australia | 23 | 1:1,173,726 | 64,589 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| Belgium | 18 | 1:638,702 | 56,744 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
| Ukraine | 14 | 1:3,251,621 | 182,804 |
| Croatia | 13 | 1:325,277 | 30,776 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 1:355,382 | 17,336 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Sossa (2,645) may also be a first name.
Sossa Demographics
Average Male Sossa Height
170.5 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Sossa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sossa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sossa (Russian: Сосса) occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sossa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sossa is the 21,348th most prevalent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 285,327 people. The last name Sossa is primarily found in Africa, where 63 percent of Sossa reside; 61 percent reside in West Africa and 61 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 142,744th most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 2,645 people.
Sossa is most frequently held in Benin, where it is carried by 13,989 people, or 1 in 739. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Mono Department, where 27 percent are found, Kouffo Department, where 20 percent are found and Collines Department, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin Sossa exists in 58 countries. It is also common in Bolivia, where 17 percent are found and Colombia, where 15 percent are found.
Sossa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sossa has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sossa surname increased 30,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sossa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sossa last name are 20.8% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 74.03% registered with the party.
The amount Sossa earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 21.92% less than the national average, earning €23,448 per year; in Colombia they earn 14.52% more than the national average, earning $25,998,000 COP per year and in United States they earn 11.14% more than the national average, earning $47,954 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sossa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sossa in the Russian language | ||
| Сосса | sossa | - |
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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 Sossa
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