Bossoun Surname
Approximately 220 people bear this surname
Bossoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 194 | 1:53,276 | 6,682 |
| Ivory Coast | 24 | 1:961,301 | 23,927 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Bossoun (22) may also be a first name.
Bossoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bossoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bossoun is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bossoun? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bossoun is the 1,108,016th most widespread surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 33,125,209 people. The surname Bossoun is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Bossoun are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bossoun is also the 2,301,746th most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 22 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 194 people, or 1 in 53,276. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Kouffo Department, where 94 percent live, Zou Department, where 2 percent live and Plateau Department, where 1 percent live. Not including Benin it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 11 percent live and The United States, 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 Bossoun
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