Amousou Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Amousou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 85 | 1:121,595 | 13,329 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Amousou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amousou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amousou is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Amousou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,871,545th most common family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Amousou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most common in Benin, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 121,595. In Benin Amousou is mostly concentrated in: Zou Department, where 19 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 18 percent live and Mono Department, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Benin it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 12 percent live and Niger, where 1 percent live.
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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 Amousou
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