Aissetou Surname
Approximately 579 people bear this surname
Aissetou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 513 | 1:35,774 | 1,887 |
| Ivory Coast | 58 | 1:397,780 | 13,651 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Aïssétou (1) are calculated separately.
Aissetou (7,715) may also be a first name.
Aissetou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aissetou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Aissetou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻴﺴﺔ) is found most frequently in Burkina Faso. It may also appear in the variant forms: Aïssétou. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Aissetou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Aissetou is the 551,387th most commonly occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 12,586,435 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Aissetou reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 72,798th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 7,715 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 513 people, or 1 in 35,774. In Burkina Faso it is most frequent in: Sahel Region, where 95 percent are found, Sud-Ouest Region, where 4 percent are found and Centre Region, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Burkina Faso this surname is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 10 percent are found and Benin, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Aissetou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Aissetou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻴﺴﺔ | yst | 52.17 |
| ﻋﻴﺸﺔ | ysht | 21.74 |
| ﺁﻳﺴﺔ | ayst | 8.7 |
| ﻋﻴﺴﺎﺗﻮ | ysatw | 4.35 |
| ﺁﻳﺴﺘﻮ | aystw | 4.35 |
| ﻋﻴﺴﺘﻮ | ystw | 4.35 |
| ﺁﻳﺴﺎﺗﻮ | aysatw | 4.35 |
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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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- 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 Aissetou
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