Sossau Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Sossau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 112 | 1:718,799 | 54,527 |
| Austria | 7 | 1:1,216,491 | 80,919 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Sossau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sossau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sossau is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Sossau.
How Common Is The Last Name Sossau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,649,806th most frequently used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Sossau are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 112 people, or 1 in 718,799. In Germany it is mostly found in: Bavaria, where 100 percent live. Beside Germany it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 6 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 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 Sossau
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