Kissou Surname
Approximately 1,875 people bear this surname
Kissou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 1,551 | 1:11,832 | 1,026 |
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Ivory Coast | 32 | 1:720,976 | 19,991 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Kissou (17) may also be a first name.
Kissou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kissou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kissou occurs most in Burkina Faso. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Kissou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kissou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 218,449th most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 3,886,691 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kissou are found; 84 percent are found in West Africa and 68 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most common first name in the world, borne by 17 people.
It is most commonly held in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 1,551 people, or 1 in 11,832. In Burkina Faso it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 35 percent live, Nord Region, where 33 percent live and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 18 percent live. Outside of Burkina Faso this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 15 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 Kissou
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