Akossinou Surname

614,324th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 502 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Akossinou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Akossinou Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin5001:20,6712,762
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Akossinou (92) may also be a first name.

Akossinou Last Name Facts

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

The last name Akossinou is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Akossinou? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 614,324th most frequent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 14,517,024 people. The last name Akossinou is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Akossinou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 992,070th most prevalent forename internationally. It is borne by 92 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 500 people, or 1 in 20,671. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Ouémé Department, where 56 percent are found, Plateau Department, where 25 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Benin Akossinou occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 0 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akosssinou951/
Akoessinou951/
Akosinou941/
Acossinou897/
Akosinu8813/
Akosino881/
Akossina821/
Akodsenou781/
Akosina753/
Akosenu751/
Akusingu713/
Akoshina712/
Akhoshina677/
Akazainou676/
Akazeinou671/
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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 Akossinou
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