Abassou Surname
Approximately 273 people bear this surname
Abassou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 156 | 1:66,254 | 8,094 |
| Niger | 80 | 1:239,900 | 7,715 |
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Burkina Faso | 15 | 1:1,223,473 | 11,207 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
Abassou (312) may also be a first name.
Abassou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abassou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abassou is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abassou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 956,400th most widespread family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 26,694,307 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Abassou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abassou is also the 497,456th most frequently used given name world-wide It is held by 312 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Benin, where it is borne by 156 people, or 1 in 66,254. In Benin Abassou is most frequent in: Donga Department, where 88 percent live, Zou Department, where 5 percent live and Littoral Department, where 3 percent live. Excluding Benin it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 29 percent live and Cameroon, where 7 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 Abassou
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