Fousseni Surname

45,769th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,330 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Fousseni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fousseni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin8,0821:1,279155
Togo2,3101:3,138456
Ivory Coast8721:26,4581,860
Burkina Faso151:1,223,47311,207
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
England31:18,572,686338,250
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
France11:66,422,722504,397
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

The alternate forms: Fousséni (7) are calculated separately.

Fousseni (36,244) may also be a first name.

Fousseni Last Name Facts

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

Fousseni is found most in Benin. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Fousséni. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fousseni? popularity and diffusion

Fousseni is the 45,769th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 643,208 people. The surname Fousseni occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Fousseni reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 24,061st most common given name globally, borne by 36,244 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 8,082 people, or 1 in 1,279. In Benin it is most frequent in: Donga Department, where 68 percent live, Borgou Department, where 10 percent live and Atakora Department, where 10 percent live. Other than Benin Fousseni exists in 16 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 20 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent live.

Fousseni Last Name Statistics demography

Fousseni earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.58% less than the national average, earning $42,900 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Fousseni
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