Yossah Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Yossah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Yossah (5) may also be a first name.
Yossah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yossah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yossah occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yossah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 10,311,814th most common last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Yossah is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yossah reside; 67 percent reside in East Africa and 33 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 5,493,085th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 5 people.
This surname is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 19,519,640. In Uganda Yossah is most frequent in: Arua District, where 50 percent are found. Apart from Uganda Yossah exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 33 percent are found.
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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 Yossah
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