Baissou Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Baissou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 41 | 1:506,563 | 40,818 |
| Burkina Faso | 26 | 1:705,850 | 8,321 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Baïssou (1) are calculated separately.
Baissou (30) may also be a first name.
Baissou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Baissou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Baissou is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Baïssou. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Baissou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Baissou is the 2,106,139th most commonly held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. Baissou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Baissou reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 39 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most widely held given name world-wide It is held by 30 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 506,563. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 66 percent reside, North Region, where 27 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 33 percent reside and Niger, where 9 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
- 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 Baissou
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