Tossa Surname
Approximately 21,355 people bear this surname
Tossa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 10,537 | 1:981 | 110 |
| India | 7,027 | 1:109,160 | 7,122 |
| Togo | 1,995 | 1:3,633 | 578 |
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| Nigeria | 121 | 1:1,463,990 | 56,236 |
| Burkina Faso | 120 | 1:152,934 | 3,867 |
| Ivory Coast | 48 | 1:480,651 | 15,491 |
| United States | 37 | 1:9,796,187 | 405,931 |
| Niger | 32 | 1:599,751 | 14,963 |
| Argentina | 27 | 1:1,583,089 | 86,049 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Senegal | 7 | 1:2,082,763 | 4,662 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Tossa (1,775) may also be a first name.
Tossa Demographics
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Tossa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tossa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tossa (Arabic: توسا, Russian: Тьосса) is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Tossa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tossa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 25,266th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 341,257 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 66 percent of Tossa are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 181,592nd most frequently occurring forename on earth, borne by 1,775 people.
Tossa is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 10,537 people, or 1 in 981. In Benin Tossa is primarily found in: Mono Department, where 25 percent reside, Collines Department, where 17 percent reside and Zou Department, where 17 percent reside. Beside Benin it is found in 36 countries. It is also found in India, where 33 percent reside and Togo, where 9 percent reside.
Tossa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Tossa surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the party.
Tossa earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.19% less than the national average, earning $40,477 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tossa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tossa in the Russian language | ||
| Тьосса | tossa | - |
| Tossa in the Arabic language | ||
| توسا | twsa | - |
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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 Tossa
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