Dossoun Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Dossoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 152 | 1:67,997 | 8,265 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dossoun (356) may also be a first name.
Dossoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dossoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dossoun is more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dossoun? popularity and diffusion
Dossoun is the 1,409,418th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 47,321,727 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Dossoun live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 461,707th most widely held first name globally It is held by 356 people.
Dossoun is most widespread in Benin, where it is borne by 152 people, or 1 in 67,997. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Kouffo Department, where 99 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 1 percent live and Zou Department, where 1 percent live. Excluding Benin this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Mali, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 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 Dossoun
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