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 most in Benin. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sossa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 21,348th most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 285,327 people. The surname Sossa is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Sossa live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 142,744th most commonly occurring forename at a global level. It is borne by 2,645 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 13,989 people, or 1 in 739. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Mono Department, where 27 percent reside, Kouffo Department, where 20 percent reside and Collines Department, where 16 percent reside. Not including Benin it occurs in 58 countries. It is also found in Bolivia, where 17 percent reside and Colombia, where 15 percent reside.
Sossa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sossa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sossa surname expanded 30,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sossa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sossa last name are 20.8% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 74.03% registered with the political 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
- 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 Sossa
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