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
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Cossou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cossou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cossou is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cossou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cossou is the 462,174th most frequently held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 9,982,940 people. The last name Cossou is predominantly found in Africa, where 43 percent of Cossou are found; 43 percent are found in West Africa and 42 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Cossou is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 308 people, or 1 in 33,557. In Benin Cossou is most common in: Zou Department, where 43 percent live, Littoral Department, where 30 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 10 percent live. Aside from Benin this last name exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in France, where 38 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.
Cossou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Cossou surname are 2.33% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.56% registered to vote for the 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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