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 found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kossolou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 280,156th most numerous surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 5,284,660 people. The surname Kossolou is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kossolou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kossolou is also the 1,614,485th most frequently occurring forename globally, held by 40 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Benin, where it is carried by 1,378 people, or 1 in 7,500. In Benin Kossolou is primarily concentrated in: Plateau Department, where 85 percent reside, Zou Department, where 8 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 3 percent reside. Besides Benin this last name exists in one country. It also occurs 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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