Hassirou Surname
Approximately 263 people bear this surname
Hassirou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 207 | 1:49,930 | 6,298 |
| Niger | 51 | 1:376,314 | 10,650 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Hassirou (689) may also be a first name.
Hassirou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hassirou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hassirou occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hassirou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 980,795th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 27,709,300 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hassirou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hassirou is also the 315,065th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 689 people.
It is most widely held in Benin, where it is carried by 207 people, or 1 in 49,930. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Donga Department, where 67 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 14 percent are found and Atakora Department, where 11 percent are found. Other than Benin this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 19 percent are found and Cameroon, where 2 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 Hassirou
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