Amossou Surname
Approximately 1,479 people bear this surname
Amossou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,467 | 1:7,045 | 968 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Amossou (197) may also be a first name.
Amossou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amossou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amossou is most common in Benin. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amossou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 264,657th most frequently used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 4,927,347 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Amossou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 646,152nd most widespread first name internationally It is held by 197 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Benin, where it is carried by 1,467 people, or 1 in 7,045. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Plateau Department, where 90 percent reside, Zou Department, where 3 percent reside and Ouémé Department, where 2 percent reside. Not including Benin this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 0 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Amossou
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