Affissou Surname

1,691,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 116 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Affissou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Affissou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin891:116,13012,862
Ivory Coast231:1,003,09724,580
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

Affissou (1,398) may also be a first name.

Affissou Last Name Facts

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

Affissou is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Affissou.

How Common Is The Last Name Affissou? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,691,963rd most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. The last name Affissou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Affissou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Affissou is also the 209,160th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 1,398 people.

This surname is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 116,130. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Zou Department, where 88 percent live, Alibori Department, where 8 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 2 percent live. Apart from Benin this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 20 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Affeissou942/
Afissou9375/
Affisou931/
Hafissou88375/
Afaissou881/
Affessou881/
Afeissou881/
Afisou861/
Hasfissou821/
Affissa8015/
Hafisou809/
Affizou808/
Afessou801/
Affioso801/
Affehessou781/
Afisu77916/
Afiso774/
Haffizou754/
Affeissa754/
Affaissa751/
Hafisu71527/
Afissa71216/
Afizou71110/
Afisus7124/
Aafisu714/
Hafidssos714/
Afisiu711/
Ofisso711/
Hafiso711/
Affisa711/
Haffissah711/
Hafizou67738/
Afeissa67511/
Offesso6787/
Offissa677/
Afisayo676/
Haifiso674/
Hofisso674/
Afeizou674/
Hafissa673/
Affisha671/
Offisio671/
Hafisuj671/
Afaizou671/
Affeisa671/
Haffizu671/
Ahfizou671/
Affezou671/
Afficho671/
Afaissa671/
Hafisos671/
Affessa671/

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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 Affissou
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