Kossanou Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Kossanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Kossanou (16) may also be a first name.
Kossanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kossanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kossanou is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kossanou.
How Common Is The Last Name Kossanou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,532,898th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kossanou are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most widespread first name in the world, held by 16 people.
The last name Kossanou is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 1,153,837. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: North Region, where 94 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 6 percent live. Not including Cameroon Kossanou occurs in one country. It is also found in Chad, where 5 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 Kossanou
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