Isou Surname
Approximately 217 people bear this surname
Isou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 92 | 1:1,925,465 | 68,462 |
| Papua New Guinea | 70 | 1:116,482 | 15,803 |
| Niger | 37 | 1:518,703 | 13,483 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Isou (72) may also be a first name.
Isou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Isou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Isou is most common in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Isou? popularity and diffusion
Isou is the 1,118,459th most widely held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 33,583,161 people. The surname Isou is primarily found in Africa, where 65 percent of Isou are found; 59 percent are found in West Africa and 42 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,143,416th most widely held given name globally. It is borne by 72 people.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 92 people, or 1 in 1,925,465. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 93 percent reside, Lagos, where 2 percent reside and Akwa Ibom, where 1 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 32 percent reside and Niger, where 17 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 Isou
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