Sossavi Surname

233,190th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,730 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Sossavi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sossavi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin1,0781:9,5881,336
Togo6301:11,5042,968
Ivory Coast71:3,295,89046,139
France61:11,070,454349,096
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Sossavi (90) may also be a first name.

Sossavi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sossavi Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sossavi occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sossavi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sossavi is the 233,190th most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,212,454 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sossavi reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sossavi is also the 1,005,046th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 90 people.

Sossavi is most prevalent in Benin, where it is borne by 1,078 people, or 1 in 9,588. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Mono Department, where 58 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 11 percent reside and Zou Department, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Benin it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 36 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Sossavi
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