Dhossou Surname
Approximately 3,811 people bear this surname
Dhossou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 3,789 | 1:2,728 | 332 |
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 1:1,774,710 | 34,235 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dhossou (246) may also be a first name.
Dhossou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dhossou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dhossou is found most frequently in Benin. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dhossou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 120,355th most frequent last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,912,240 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dhossou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dhossou is also the 569,299th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 246 people.
The last name is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 3,789 people, or 1 in 2,728. In Benin Dhossou is mostly concentrated in: Kouffo Department, where 45 percent live, Mono Department, where 35 percent live and Zou Department, where 7 percent live. Other than Benin this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 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 Dhossou
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