Wossa Surname
Approximately 280 people bear this surname
Wossa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 126 | 1:82,029 | 9,693 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Congo | 55 | 1:90,711 | 7,856 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wossa (48) may also be a first name.
Wossa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wossa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wossa is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wossa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 937,786th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 26,026,950 people. The surname Wossa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wossa are found; 51 percent are found in West Africa and 47 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,448,253rd most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 48 people.
The surname is most frequent in Benin, where it is carried by 126 people, or 1 in 82,029. In Benin it is most frequent in: Atakora Department, where 90 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 9 percent reside and Mono Department, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Benin it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 27 percent reside and The Congo, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Wossa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis