Cossou Surname
Approximately 730 people bear this surname
Cossou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 308 | 1:33,557 | 4,379 |
| France | 277 | 1:239,793 | 37,155 |
| United States | 54 | 1:6,712,202 | 314,667 |
| England | 37 | 1:1,505,893 | 64,828 |
| Guyana | 34 | 1:22,418 | 2,700 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
Cossou Demographics
Average Cossou Salary in
United States
$35,439 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Cossou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cossou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cossou is most common in Benin. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Cossou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cossou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cossou is the 462,174th most frequently used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 9,982,940 people. Cossou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 43 percent of Cossou live; 43 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 308 people, or 1 in 33,557. In Benin Cossou is mostly found in: Zou Department, where 43 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 30 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 10 percent reside. Other than Benin it is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in France, where 38 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.
Cossou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Cossou last name are 2.33% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.56% being registered with the political party.
Cossou earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.87% less than the national average, earning $35,439 USD per year.
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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 Cossou
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