Jossou Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Jossou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 45 | 1:229,680 | 20,839 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Jossou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jossou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jossou is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jossou? popularity and diffusion
Jossou is the 2,372,517th most common last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Jossou live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Jossou is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 229,680. In Benin it is most common in: Zou Department, where 42 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 29 percent reside and Ouémé Department, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Benin this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 18 percent reside and France, where 3 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 Jossou
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