Wossene Surname

118,137th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,893 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Wossene Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wossene Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia3,8641:25,2453,162
United States231:15,759,084542,937
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Wossene (1,530) may also be a first name.

Wossene Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wossene Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wossene occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Wossene click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wossene? popularity and diffusion

It is the 118,137th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,871,961 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wossene live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 198,319th most widely held given name throughout the world It is held by 1,530 people.

Wossene is most common in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 3,864 people, or 1 in 25,245. Apart from Ethiopia Wossene occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Wossene Last Name Statistics demography

Wossene earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 25.38% less than the national average, earning $32,198 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
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  • 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 Wossene
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