Wossen Surname
Approximately 6,333 people bear this surname
Wossen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 6,278 | 1:15,538 | 2,141 |
| United States | 52 | 1:6,970,364 | 322,914 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Wossen (8,093) may also be a first name.
Wossen Demographics
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Wossen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wossen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wossen has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wossen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 77,250th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,150,726 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wossen reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Wossen is also the 70,523rd most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 8,093 people.
It is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 6,278 people, or 1 in 15,538. Apart from Ethiopia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.
Wossen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wossen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wossen last name grew 1,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wossen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wossen surname are 34.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 87.5% registered with the political party.
Wossen earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.57% more than the national average, earning $47,279 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 Wossen
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