Tossah Surname
Approximately 234 people bear this surname
Tossah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 130 | 1:1,362,637 | 53,337 |
| Benin | 79 | 1:130,830 | 14,100 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Tossah (18) may also be a first name.
Tossah Demographics
Average Tossah Salary in
United States
$34,238 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tossah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tossah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tossah is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tossah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,064,392nd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 31,143,359 people. The surname Tossah occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Tossah reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tossah is also the 2,608,198th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 18 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 130 people, or 1 in 1,362,637. In Nigeria Tossah is most frequent in: Sokoto, where 95 percent live and Ogun, where 5 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 34 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.
Tossah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
Tossah earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.65% less than the national average, earning $34,238 USD per year.
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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 Tossah
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