Kaissou Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Kaissou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 101 | 1:205,634 | 21,118 |
| Burkina Faso | 23 | 1:797,917 | 8,915 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
The alternate forms: Kaïssou (1) are calculated separately.
Kaissou (126) may also be a first name.
Kaissou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaissou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kaissou is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Kaïssou. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaissou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,551,568th most widespread family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kaissou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Kaissou is also the 829,183rd most prevalent given name in the world, held by 126 people.
Kaissou is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 205,634. In Cameroon Kaissou is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 65 percent are found, North Region, where 34 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 17 percent are found and Niger, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Kaissou
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