Kossolou Surname
Approximately 1,379 people bear this surname
Kossolou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,378 | 1:7,500 | 1,019 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Kossolou (40) may also be a first name.
Kossolou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kossolou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kossolou is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kossolou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kossolou is the 280,156th most commonly held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 5,284,660 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kossolou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 40 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 1,378 people, or 1 in 7,500. In Benin Kossolou is mostly concentrated in: Plateau Department, where 85 percent reside, Zou Department, where 8 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 3 percent reside. Beside Benin it occurs in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Kossolou
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