Kassouwin Surname

1,315,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 171 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Kassouwin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kassouwin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin1681:61,5217,570
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kassouwin (14) may also be a first name.

Kassouwin Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kassouwin Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kassouwin is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kassouwin? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,315,412th most common last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 42,617,228 people. The surname Kassouwin is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kassouwin are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most widely held given name throughout the world It is held by 14 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Benin, where it is borne by 168 people, or 1 in 61,521. In Benin Kassouwin is most numerous in: Collines Department, where 76 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 18 percent reside and Zou Department, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Benin this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside and Niger, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kassouwhin951/
Kassoowin891/
Cassouwin891/
Kasuwin881/
Kassouhuin849/
Kassawin822/
Kosuwin7518/
Kosowin751/
Koussouwen745/
Kashubin71425/
Kaysubin711/
Kaschubin672/
Khaisubin671/

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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 Kassouwin
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