Fossouo Surname

324,001st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,150 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Fossouo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Fossouo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1,1331:18,3312,507
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
France41:16,605,680368,153
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Fossouo (69) may also be a first name.

Fossouo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fossouo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Fossouo is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fossouo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 324,001st most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 6,336,996 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Fossouo live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Fossouo is also the 1,171,416th most commonly held given name worldwide It is held by 69 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,133 people, or 1 in 18,331. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: West Region, where 41 percent live, Littoral Region, where 31 percent live and Centre Region, where 23 percent live. Excluding Cameroon Fossouo is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foussouo9335/
Fossouoh932/
Fosouo922/
Foussouop881/
Fossoua862/
Fotsouo861/
Feussouo8044/
Fousou'o801/
Faassouo801/
Fozouo771/
Fosoho771/
Fochouo713/
Fassaou711/
Vassouho671/
Fotchouo671/
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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 Fossouo
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