Amsou Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Amsou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Amsou (273) may also be a first name.
Amsou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amsou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amsou occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amsou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Amsou is the 5,812,366th most frequently used family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 64 percent of Amsou live; 55 percent live in West Africa and 27 percent live in Chadic Africa. Amsou is also the 537,992nd most frequent first name in the world, borne by 273 people.
This surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Amsou is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 50 percent reside, North Region, where 25 percent reside and Northwest Region, where 25 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 18 percent reside and Yemen, where 18 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
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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 Amsou
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