Abossou Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Abossou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 30 | 1:344,520 | 26,827 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Abossou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abossou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Abossou is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Abossou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abossou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,228,735th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name Abossou is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Abossou live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Abossou is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 344,520. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Donga Department, where 53 percent live, Littoral Department, where 17 percent live and Zou Department, where 7 percent live. Excluding Benin this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent live and Nigeria, where 5 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 Abossou
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