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 surname Amsou occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Amsou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Amsou is the 5,812,366th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. Amsou is primarily found in Africa, where 64 percent of Amsou are found; 55 percent are found in West Africa and 27 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Amsou is also the 537,992nd most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 273 people.
Amsou is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Amsou is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 50 percent live, North Region, where 25 percent live and Northwest Region, where 25 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 18 percent live and Yemen, where 18 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 Amsou
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