Hossou Surname
Approximately 9,191 people bear this surname
Hossou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 8,162 | 1:1,266 | 153 |
| Togo | 945 | 1:7,670 | 1,744 |
| Nigeria | 48 | 1:3,690,474 | 107,175 |
| Ivory Coast | 15 | 1:1,538,082 | 31,691 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Guinea | 4 | 1:2,958,454 | 2,022 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Hossou (1,166) may also be a first name.
Hossou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hossou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hossou is more frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hossou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 55,280th most commonly used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 792,900 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hossou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hossou is also the 232,644th most frequently occurring forename at a global level It is held by 1,166 people.
The last name is most widespread in Benin, where it is held by 8,162 people, or 1 in 1,266. In Benin Hossou is mostly found in: Ouémé Department, where 39 percent reside, Kouffo Department, where 34 percent reside and Plateau Department, where 12 percent reside. Barring Benin Hossou is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 10 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 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 Hossou
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