Dogossou Surname

435,773rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 788 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chad
Highest density in:
Chad

Dogossou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dogossou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chad7701:17,6522,191
Cameroon171:1,221,71073,195
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Dogossou (16) may also be a first name.

Dogossou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dogossou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Dogossou occurs more in Chad more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dogossou? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 435,773rd most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,248,155 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dogossou live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 16 people.

The surname Dogossou is most widespread in Chad, where it is carried by 770 people, or 1 in 17,652. Besides Chad it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 2 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Dogossou
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