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 more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abossou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Abossou is the 3,228,735th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Abossou live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 344,520. In Benin it is most frequent in: Donga Department, where 53 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 17 percent are found and Zou Department, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Benin this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent are found and Nigeria, where 5 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 Abossou
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