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
Bossoun is most common in Benin. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bossoun? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,108,016th most frequently held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 33,125,209 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Bossoun live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most widespread forename world-wide. It is borne by 22 people.
The surname is most frequent 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 reside, Zou Department, where 2 percent reside and Plateau Department, where 1 percent reside. Beside Benin this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 11 percent reside and The United States, 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
- 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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