Hosou Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Hosou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Hosou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hosou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hosou is found most in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hosou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hosou is the 7,593,402nd most frequently held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Hosou are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Hosou is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Hosou is most numerous in: Ogun, where 100 percent live. Other than Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 17 percent live and The United States, where 17 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 Hosou
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