Woisso Surname
Approximately 583 people bear this surname
Woisso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 582 | 1:90,965 | 9,129 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Woisso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Woisso Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Woisso is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Woisso.
How Common Is The Last Name Woisso? popularity and diffusion
Woisso is the 548,408th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 12,500,079 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Woisso reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Woisso is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 582 people, or 1 in 90,965. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 59 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 24 percent live and Arusha Region, where 11 percent live. Besides Tanzania it occurs in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 0 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 Woisso
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