Kiossou Surname
Approximately 132 people bear this surname
Kiossou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 126 | 1:82,029 | 9,693 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Kiossou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiossou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kiossou has its highest incidence in Benin. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiossou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,558,593rd most prevalent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 55,208,681 people. The last name Kiossou is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kiossou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Kiossou is most prevalent in Benin, where it is borne by 126 people, or 1 in 82,029. In Benin Kiossou is most frequent in: Atlantique Department, where 55 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 29 percent are found and Zou Department, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Benin this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 4 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 1 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 Kiossou
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