Gossou Surname
Approximately 4,382 people bear this surname
Gossou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 3,238 | 1:3,192 | 386 |
| Togo | 840 | 1:8,628 | 2,051 |
| Ivory Coast | 239 | 1:96,532 | 5,024 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gossou (1,293) may also be a first name.
Gossou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gossou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gossou (Russian: Госсоу) is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gossou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 106,628th most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,663,064 people. The last name Gossou occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gossou live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gossou is also the 218,980th most common first name internationally It is held by 1,293 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 3,238 people, or 1 in 3,192. In Benin it is most numerous in: Kouffo Department, where 83 percent live, Mono Department, where 10 percent live and Zou Department, where 3 percent live. Not including Benin this last name is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 19 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gossou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gossou in the Russian language | ||
| Госсоу | gossou | - |
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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 Gossou
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