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) occurs more in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Issou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Issou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 101,323rd most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,564,523 people. The last name Issou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Issou are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Issou is also the 140,854th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 2,703 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is borne by 4,422 people, or 1 in 4,340. In Niger it is primarily found in: Zinder Region, where 39 percent live, Tahoua Region, where 29 percent live and Tillabéri Region, where 13 percent live. Beside Niger this last name occurs in 16 countries. It is also found 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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