Diossou Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Diossou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Diossou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Diossou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Diossou is most common in Benin. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Diossou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Diossou is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Diossou reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 5,167,801. In Benin Diossou is most frequent in: Atlantique Department, where 50 percent live and Littoral Department, where 50 percent live. Beside Benin this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Gabon, where 25 percent live and Nigeria, where 25 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
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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 Diossou
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