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
The last name Gossou (Russian: Госсоу) is found most in Benin. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gossou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 106,628th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,663,064 people. 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 frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 1,293 people.
The last name Gossou is most common in Benin, where it is held by 3,238 people, or 1 in 3,192. In Benin Gossou is primarily concentrated in: Kouffo Department, where 83 percent live, Mono Department, where 10 percent live and Zou Department, where 3 percent live. Aside from Benin this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also common 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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