Koessi Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Koessi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 64 | 1:161,494 | 16,390 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Koessi (71) may also be a first name.
Koessi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koessi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Koessi occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Koessi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,293,424th most widely held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Koessi are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,152,838th most frequently occurring forename at a global level It is held by 71 people.
The surname is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 161,494. In Benin Koessi is mostly found in: Littoral Department, where 52 percent are found, Zou Department, where 23 percent are found and Mono Department, where 16 percent are found. Barring Benin this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 6 percent are found and Cameroon, 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 Koessi
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