Afissou Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Afissou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 39 | 1:265,015 | 22,836 |
| Niger | 26 | 1:738,154 | 17,467 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Afissou (1,553) may also be a first name.
Afissou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afissou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Afissou is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Afissou? popularity and diffusion
Afissou is the 2,185,341st most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. The last name Afissou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Afissou live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Afissou is also the 196,645th most common first name in the world It is held by 1,553 people.
The surname Afissou is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 265,015. In Benin Afissou is most numerous in: Alibori Department, where 46 percent are found, Zou Department, where 38 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 5 percent are found. Not including Benin this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 35 percent are found and Cameroon, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hafissou | 93 | 375 | / |
| Affissou | 93 | 116 | / |
| Afaissou | 93 | 1 | / |
| Afeissou | 93 | 1 | / |
| Afisou | 92 | 1 | / |
| Affeissou | 88 | 2 | / |
| Hasfissou | 88 | 1 | / |
| Hafisou | 86 | 9 | / |
| Affisou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Afessou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Afisu | 83 | 916 | / |
| Afiso | 83 | 4 | / |
| Affessou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hafisu | 77 | 527 | / |
| Afissa | 77 | 216 | / |
| Afizou | 77 | 110 | / |
| Afisus | 77 | 24 | / |
| Aafisu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Hafiso | 77 | 1 | / |
| Afisiu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ofisso | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hafidssos | 75 | 4 | / |
| Hafizou | 71 | 738 | / |
| Afeissa | 71 | 511 | / |
| Affissa | 71 | 15 | / |
| Affizou | 71 | 8 | / |
| Afisayo | 71 | 6 | / |
| Afeizou | 71 | 4 | / |
| Hofisso | 71 | 4 | / |
| Haifiso | 71 | 4 | / |
| Hafissa | 71 | 3 | / |
| Afaissa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Affioso | 71 | 1 | / |
| Affehessou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ahfizou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Afaizou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hafisuj | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hafisos | 71 | 1 | / |
| Afisa | 67 | 472 | / |
| Afeso | 67 | 289 | / |
| Afizu | 67 | 101 | / |
| Ofiso | 67 | 7 | / |
| Afizo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Haffizou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Adfisayo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Affeissa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Afaisiyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Affaissa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hafissah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afesu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Afissou
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