Dossounon Surname
Approximately 551 people bear this surname
Dossounon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 549 | 1:18,826 | 2,521 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Dossounon (81) may also be a first name.
Dossounon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dossounon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dossounon occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dossounon? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 572,152nd most widely held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 13,226,036 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dossounon are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,068,082nd most frequently held first name in the world, held by 81 people.
The last name Dossounon is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 549 people, or 1 in 18,826. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Zou Department, where 69 percent live, Littoral Department, where 16 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 6 percent live. Apart from Benin this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent live and Tunisia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dossougnon | 95 | 1 | / |
| Dosounon | 94 | 1 | / |
| Dassounon | 89 | 10 | / |
| Dosonon | 88 | 1 | / |
| Daassounon | 84 | 3 | / |
| Dossowenon | 84 | 1 | / |
| Dozounon | 82 | 2 | / |
| Dossanon | 82 | 1 | / |
| Dassonon | 82 | 1 | / |
| Daassounnon | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dotsonong | 78 | 4 | / |
| Dozounnon | 78 | 1 | / |
| Dahassounnon | 76 | 1 | / |
| Dosunan | 75 | 2 | / |
| Dassanon | 71 | 24 | / |
| Dahsonon | 71 | 8 | / |
| Dosungan | 71 | 3 | / |
| Dazounon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Doosonun | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dazounnon | 67 | 5 | / |
| Dassanoun | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Dossounon
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