Amoussan Surname
Approximately 152 people bear this surname
Amoussan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 131 | 1:176,116 | 7,859 |
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
Amoussan (76) may also be a first name.
Amoussan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amoussan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amoussan is found most frequently in The Ivory Coast. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amoussan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,422,956th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 47,944,381 people. The last name Amoussan is primarily found in Africa, where 24 percent of Amoussan reside; 24 percent reside in West Africa and 15 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amoussan is also the 1,107,702nd most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 76 people.
The last name Amoussan is most commonly occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 176,116. In The Ivory Coast it is most numerous in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 89 percent live, Gôh-Djiboua District, where 7 percent live and Lagunes District, where 2 percent live. Barring The Ivory Coast it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 8 percent live and Benin, where 6 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
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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 Amoussan
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