Dessouassi Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History

Dessouassi Surname

726,304^th

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 400 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:

Benin

Highest density in:

Benin

Dessouassi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Dessouassi Surname Distribution Map

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Benin	385	1:26,846	3,573
Niger	7	1:2,741,717	49,802
Canada	3	1:12,281,864	364,614
Burkina Faso	1	1:18,352,100	30,051
China	1	1:1,367,321,566	51,149
England	1	1:55,718,059	489,080
Mali	1	1:16,969,035	4,067
United States	1	1:362,458,933	1,988,048

Dessouassi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dessouassi Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Dessouassi is most common in Benin. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dessouassi? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 726,304^th most prevalent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 18,218,865 people. The surname Dessouassi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Dessouassi live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 385 people, or 1 in 26,846. In Benin Dessouassi is most numerous in: Mono Department, where 46 percent live, Zou Department, where 23 percent live and Littoral Department, where 11 percent live. Aside from Benin this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Dessoassi	95	1	/
Dossouassi	90	1	/
Dossoussi	84	20	/
Dessoissi	84	2	/
Dessoussa	84	2	/
Dessous	82	41	/
Desouss	82	1	/
Dassassi	78	127	/
de Sossi	78	102	/
Dessouza	78	35	/
de Sassi	78	10	/
De-Sassi	78	7	/
Dessuaso	78	4	/
de Souas	78	4	/
Dessusie	78	3	/
Desoussa	78	2	/
Dessossa	78	2	/
Dessousa	78	1	/
Dessouse	78	1	/
de Souss	78	1	/
Dessus	75	710	/
Desous	75	116	/
Dessas	75	7	/
Dessos	75	6	/
Desasi	75	3	/
Desosi	75	3	/
Desass	75	1	/
Desssi	75	1	/
Tossoussi	74	81	/
de Soussa	74	31	/
Dessassau	74	6	/
de Ssouza	74	3	/
de Ssousa	74	3	/
de Sassia	74	2	/
de Souasa	74	1	/
Dessouzah	74	1	/
Dessousey	74	0	/
Desouza	71	15,723	/
Dossous	71	7,273	/
Desousa	71	7,049	/
Dzessou	71	434	/
Deassis	71	248	/
Dissous	71	114	/
Dussous	71	105	/
Desaisi	71	99	/
Dessaso	71	75	/
de Sous	71	59	/
Doussis	71	50	/
Dessius	71	41	/
Desasso	71	23	/
Dzoussi	71	10	/
Deisasi	71	6	/
Deswasi	71	3	/
Desouse	71	3	/
Desosua	71	2	/
de Susi	71	2	/
Tsoussi	71	2	/
Dzeussi	71	2	/
Deousis	71	1	/
Desousy	71	1	/
Dossoas	71	1	/
Dssossa	71	1	/
Desseus	71	1	/
Dessoza	71	1	/
Tssassi	71	1	/
Deossas	71	1	/
Desouaz	71	1	/
Desyasi	71	1	/
Dessasa	71	1	/
Desjous	71	1	/
Disassi	71	1	/
Dessose	71	0	/
Dessaus	71	0	/
Dissoussou	70	4	/
Daoussouss	70	1	/
de Souza	67	3,638,110	/
de Sousa	67	1,479,847	/
de Assis	67	280,423	/
De-Souza	67	3,560	/
de Assiz	67	667	/
De'souza	67	312	/
Desjouis	67	242	/
De-Sousa	67	96	/
de Isusi	67	62	/
de Isasi	67	62	/
de Sosua	67	52	/
Daoussis	67	51	/
de Sozua	67	50	/
Dissassa	67	42	/
Dessasau	67	40	/
De'sousa	67	35	/
Disassio	67	27	/
Doussous	67	24	/
de Ysasi	67	23	/
Dessisso	67	21	/
Tsaoussi	67	19	/
Desas	67	17	/
Dessesse	67	17	/
Dsasi	67	14	/
Doussias	67	13	/
de Souso	67	11	/
Desausoi	67	9	/
Tsouassa	67	8	/
Dessuise	67	8	/
Dessouce	67	7	/
D'Esouza	67	5	/
De-Assis	67	5	/
de Asisi	67	5	/
des Ouza	67	4	/
de Jssus	67	4	/
Desseusa	67	4	/
Dsous	67	3	/
de Souaz	67	3	/
do Assis	67	3	/
Desaisui	67	3	/
Dossouza	67	3	/
Deiassis	67	3	/
Desaouza	67	2	/
de Assos	67	2	/
de Ossis	67	2	/
Dissouza	67	2	/
de Sasse	67	2	/
Desuisse	67	1	/
Desouisa	67	1	/
Desousoa	67	1	/
Desouuza	67	1	/
Douci Aissi	67	1	/
Tossussi	67	1	/
Deoasoas	67	1	/
de Asssi	67	1	/
de Sousá	67	1	/
Doassisi	67	1	/
D'Ssouza	67	1	/
Dessaies	67	1	/
Dessaise	67	1	/
Dessause	67	1	/
Dessawas	67	1	/
Dossousa	67	1	/
Dssss	67	1	/
de Ssusa	67	1	/
Dssas	67	1	/
Deseesai	67	1	/
Dissassy	67	1	/
Deaassis	67	1	/
Deesswas	67	1	/
Dasojhasi	63	1	/

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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
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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 Dessouassi
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