Kassimou Surname
Approximately 2,645 people bear this surname
Kassimou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,325 | 1:7,800 | 1,074 |
| Niger | 1,204 | 1:15,940 | 1,060 |
| Ivory Coast | 56 | 1:411,986 | 13,976 |
| Cameroon | 51 | 1:407,237 | 34,925 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Kassimou (7,805) may also be a first name.
Kassimou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kassimou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kassimou occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kassimou.
How Common Is The Last Name Kassimou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 164,067th most frequently used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 2,755,216 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kassimou live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 51 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 72,275th most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 7,805 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 1,325 people, or 1 in 7,800. In Benin Kassimou is most frequent in: Donga Department, where 28 percent live, Alibori Department, where 27 percent live and Borgou Department, where 22 percent live. Beside Benin this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 46 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent live.
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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 Kassimou
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