Boissou Surname
Approximately 927 people bear this surname
Boissou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| France | 439 | 1:151,305 | 23,468 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Boïssou (2) are calculated separately.
Boissou (23) may also be a first name.
Boissou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boissou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Boissou is found most in Chad. It may also be rendered as a variant: Boïssou. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Boissou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 383,720th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 7,861,430 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 52 percent of Boissou reside; 52 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 23 people.
This surname is most widespread in Chad, where it is carried by 481 people, or 1 in 28,258. Apart from Chad Boissou exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in France, where 47 percent reside and Benin, where 1 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 Boissou
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