Awissou Surname
Approximately 184 people bear this surname
Awissou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 147 | 1:70,310 | 8,494 |
| Niger | 36 | 1:533,112 | 13,750 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Awissou (10) may also be a first name.
Awissou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awissou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Awissou occurs most in Benin. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Awissou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,252,959th most widespread last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 39,606,228 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Awissou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Awissou is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 10 people.
The surname Awissou is most widely held in Benin, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 70,310. In Benin Awissou is most frequent in: Zou Department, where 63 percent live, Collines Department, where 25 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 4 percent live. Aside from Benin it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 20 percent live and Cameroon, 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 Awissou
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