Kosou Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Kosou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
Kosou (27) may also be a first name.
Kosou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kosou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kosou is most common in Benin. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Kosou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kosou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,587,209th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Kosou is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Kosou reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kosou is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently used given name worldwide. It is borne by 27 people.
This surname is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 2,583,900. In Benin it is mostly found in: Borgou Department, where 50 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 25 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 25 percent live. Apart from Benin this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 33 percent live and Nigeria, where 17 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 Kosou
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