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
Hessou occurs most in Benin. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hessou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 38,118th most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 527,777 people. Hessou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hessou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hessou is also the 371,231st most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 518 people.
Hessou is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 12,101 people, or 1 in 854. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Zou Department, where 19 percent are found, Kouffo Department, where 17 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 16 percent are found. Barring Benin Hessou exists in 24 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 11 percent are found and Liberia, where 0 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 Hessou
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