Fourissou Surname

569,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 554 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chad
Highest density in:
Chad

Fourissou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fourissou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chad4811:28,2583,335
Cameroon731:284,50826,965

Fourissou (939) may also be a first name.

Fourissou Last Name Facts

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

Fourissou is more frequently found in Chad than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fourissou? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 569,728th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 13,154,415 people. Fourissou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fourissou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 263,758th most frequently held forename globally, held by 939 people.

It is most commonly used in Chad, where it is held by 481 people, or 1 in 28,258. Outside of Chad Fourissou is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Faurissou8916/
Forisso889/
Faurissoux8413/
Farissou827/
Fourizou824/
Forrisso821/
Fireissou781/
Faraissou781/
Furioso75657/
Forioso7589/
Furuiso7583/
Farisso756/
Furiesu756/
Furitsu751/
Farisou751/
Furitso751/
Furgiso751/
Faurissa7181/
Furoisoh715/
Foreso6744/
Fariso6724/
Farisu6715/
Furisa6710/
Forisa6710/
Furizo671/

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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 Fourissou
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