Gaossou Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Gaossou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gaossou (13) may also be a first name.
Gaossou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaossou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gaossou occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaossou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Gaossou reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 38 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gaossou is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used forename worldwide, held by 13 people.
The surname is most frequent in Benin, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 5,167,801. In Benin Gaossou is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Department, where 50 percent are found and Ouémé Department, where 50 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 25 percent are found and France, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Gaossou
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