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
Kossolou occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kossolou.
How Common Is The Last Name Kossolou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kossolou is the 280,156th most commonly used surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 5,284,660 people. Kossolou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kossolou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kossolou is also the 1,614,485th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 40 people.
The surname Kossolou is most commonly held in Benin, where it is carried by 1,378 people, or 1 in 7,500. In Benin Kossolou is most prevalent in: Plateau Department, where 85 percent are found, Zou Department, where 8 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Benin this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 0 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 Kossolou
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