Dorsou Surname
Approximately 534 people bear this surname
Dorsou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Dorsou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dorsou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dorsou is more frequently found in Togo than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Dorsou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dorsou? popularity and diffusion
Dorsou is the 585,898th most numerous last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 13,647,090 people. Dorsou is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dorsou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Togo, where it is carried by 525 people, or 1 in 13,805. Outside of Togo this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 1 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Dorsou
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