Fossou Surname
Approximately 1,761 people bear this surname
Fossou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 1,228 | 1:18,788 | 1,426 |
| Benin | 456 | 1:22,666 | 3,044 |
| Cameroon | 41 | 1:506,563 | 40,818 |
| France | 25 | 1:2,656,909 | 193,074 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Fossou (418) may also be a first name.
Fossou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fossou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fossou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻮﺳﻮ) is held by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fossou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 229,904th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 4,138,300 people. The surname Fossou occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Fossou reside; 70 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Fossou is also the 420,385th most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 418 people.
Fossou is most commonly held in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 1,228 people, or 1 in 18,788. In The Ivory Coast Fossou is mostly found in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 35 percent are found, Lacs District, where 30 percent are found and Bas-Sassandra District, where 9 percent are found. Besides The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 26 percent are found and Cameroon, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fossou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fossou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻮﺳﻮ | fwsw | - |
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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 Fossou
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