Wossan Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Wossan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 15 | 1:1,538,082 | 31,691 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Wossan (379) may also be a first name.
Wossan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wossan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wossan is most common in The Ivory Coast. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wossan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wossan is the 4,908,606th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 13 percent of Wossan live; 13 percent live in West Africa and 13 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 445,512th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 379 people.
The surname is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 1,538,082. In The Ivory Coast it is most numerous in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 87 percent live and Comoé District, where 13 percent live. Outside of The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 6 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 Wossan
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