Harissou Surname
Approximately 2,264 people bear this surname
Harissou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 2,020 | 1:9,501 | 727 |
| Cameroon | 230 | 1:90,300 | 10,845 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Harissou (9,269) may also be a first name.
Harissou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Harissou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Harissou is held by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Harissou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Harissou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 186,929th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,218,881 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Harissou are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Harissou is also the 64,470th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 9,269 people.
The surname Harissou is most common in Niger, where it is carried by 2,020 people, or 1 in 9,501. In Niger Harissou is most frequent in: Zinder Region, where 56 percent live, Maradi Region, where 16 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Niger this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 10 percent live and Benin, where 0 percent live.
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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 Harissou
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