Issou Surname
Approximately 4,658 people bear this surname
Issou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 4,422 | 1:4,340 | 406 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Cameroon | 35 | 1:593,402 | 45,326 |
| Burkina Faso | 8 | 1:2,294,012 | 16,398 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Issou (2,703) may also be a first name.
Issou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Issou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Issou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺇﺳﻮ) is more frequently found in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Issou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 101,323rd most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,564,523 people. The surname Issou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Issou reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 140,854th most commonly occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 2,703 people.
The last name Issou is most numerous in Niger, where it is held by 4,422 people, or 1 in 4,340. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 39 percent live, Tahoua Region, where 29 percent live and Tillabéri Region, where 13 percent live. Excluding Niger it occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 4 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Issou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Issou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺇﺳﻮ | asw | - |
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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 Issou
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