Agossou Surname
Approximately 40,261 people bear this surname
Agossou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 30,525 | 1:339 | 21 |
| Togo | 4,305 | 1:1,684 | 180 |
| Ethiopia | 3,703 | 1:26,342 | 3,258 |
| Gabon | 354 | 1:5,337 | 981 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| France | 289 | 1:229,836 | 35,639 |
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| Ivory Coast | 207 | 1:111,455 | 5,633 |
| Nigeria | 133 | 1:1,331,900 | 52,479 |
| Senegal | 42 | 1:347,127 | 1,792 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Burkina Faso | 12 | 1:1,529,342 | 12,810 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Haiti | 5 | 1:2,136,781 | 15,037 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Agossou (10,609) may also be a first name.
Agossou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Agossou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Agossou is found most frequently in Benin. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Agossou? popularity and diffusion
Agossou is the 13,849th most commonly held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 181,008 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Agossou reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 58,890th most frequently held given name throughout the world, borne by 10,609 people.
This last name is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 30,525 people, or 1 in 339. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Ouémé Department, where 29 percent are found, Zou Department, where 17 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Benin Agossou is found in 32 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 11 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 9 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
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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