Dossou Surname
Approximately 94,582 people bear this surname
Dossou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 59,152 | 1:175 | 5 |
| Ethiopia | 18,352 | 1:5,315 | 849 |
| Togo | 12,075 | 1:600 | 32 |
| Haiti | 963 | 1:11,094 | 1,143 |
| Ghana | 693 | 1:38,991 | 4,481 |
| France | 668 | 1:99,435 | 14,559 |
| Ivory Coast | 541 | 1:42,646 | 2,745 |
| Gabon | 505 | 1:3,741 | 657 |
| Mali | 452 | 1:37,542 | 1,092 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Nigeria | 265 | 1:668,463 | 31,178 |
| United States | 155 | 1:2,338,445 | 144,975 |
| Senegal | 119 | 1:122,515 | 1,155 |
| Niger | 32 | 1:599,751 | 14,963 |
| Canada | 30 | 1:1,228,186 | 88,140 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Burkina Faso | 21 | 1:873,910 | 9,338 |
| Belgium | 20 | 1:574,832 | 53,219 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Guinea | 5 | 1:2,366,763 | 1,841 |
| Monaco | 5 | 1:7,413 | 1,114 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1:2,880,679 | 10,064 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
The alternate forms: Dôssou (1) are calculated separately.
Dossou (19,634) may also be a first name.
Dossou Demographics
Average Dossou Salary in
United States
$43,554 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Dossou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dossou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dossou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻭﺳﻮ) is most common in Benin. It may also appear as a variant: Dôssou. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dossou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,956th most frequently held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 77,050 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Dossou live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 38,352nd most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 19,634 people.
Dossou is most prevalent in Benin, where it is borne by 59,152 people, or 1 in 175. In Benin Dossou is most prevalent in: Ouémé Department, where 24 percent reside, Zou Department, where 17 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 14 percent reside. Barring Benin this last name exists in 54 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 19 percent reside and Togo, where 13 percent reside.
Dossou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Dossou last name are 39.08% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 92.31% being registered with the political party.
The amount Dossou earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 0.94% more than the national average, earning $43,554 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.97% less than the national average, earning $34,795 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dossou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dossou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻭﺳﻮ | dwsw | - |
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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 Dossou
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