Hessou Surname
Approximately 13,808 people bear this surname
Hessou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 12,101 | 1:854 | 96 |
| Togo | 1,575 | 1:4,602 | 829 |
| Liberia | 31 | 1:142,211 | 10,418 |
| Ivory Coast | 29 | 1:795,560 | 21,349 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Burkina Faso | 8 | 1:2,294,012 | 16,398 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
Hessou (518) may also be a first name.
Hessou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hessou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hessou is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Hessou.
How Common Is The Last Name Hessou? popularity and diffusion
Hessou is the 38,118th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 527,777 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hessou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 371,231st most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 518 people.
The last name Hessou is most widespread in Benin, where it is borne by 12,101 people, or 1 in 854. In Benin Hessou is mostly concentrated in: Zou Department, where 19 percent reside, Kouffo Department, where 17 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 16 percent reside. Apart from Benin this surname exists in 24 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 11 percent reside and Liberia, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Hessou
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