Bonsou Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Bonsou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 55 | 1:377,619 | 33,137 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Bonsou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bonsou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bonsou is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bonsou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bonsou is the 2,436,415th most prevalent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Bonsou live; 89 percent live in Central Africa and 89 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 377,619. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 44 percent live, Littoral Region, where 27 percent live and West Region, where 18 percent live. Outside of Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 10 percent live and France, where 2 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 Bonsou
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