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
Average Tossa Salary in
United States
$40,477 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tossa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tossa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tossa (Arabic: توسا, Russian: Тьосса) is found most in Benin. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tossa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tossa is the 25,266th most prevalent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 341,257 people. It occurs mostly 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. Tossa is also the 181,592nd most widespread first name globally, borne by 1,775 people.
The last name is most widespread in Benin, where it is borne by 10,537 people, or 1 in 981. In Benin Tossa is mostly concentrated in: Mono Department, where 25 percent are found, Collines Department, where 17 percent are found and Zou Department, where 17 percent are found. Outside of Benin this surname occurs in 36 countries. It is also found in India, where 33 percent are found and Togo, where 9 percent are found.
Tossa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Tossa are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 57.14% registered with 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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