Awossou Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
Awossou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 130 | 1:79,505 | 9,420 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Awossou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awossou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Awossou is most common in Benin. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Awossou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,565,797th most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. The surname Awossou is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Awossou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 130 people, or 1 in 79,505. In Benin it is most numerous in: Zou Department, where 83 percent live, Collines Department, where 10 percent live and Kouffo Department, where 5 percent live. Excluding Benin this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in 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 Awossou
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