Koessan Surname
Approximately 527 people bear this surname
Koessan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Koessan (12) may also be a first name.
Koessan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koessan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koessan is carried by more people in Togo than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Koessan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 591,720th most widely held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 13,828,360 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Koessan are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Koessan is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 12 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Togo, where it is borne by 525 people, or 1 in 13,805. Outside of Togo this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 0 percent are found and France, where 0 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 Koessan
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