Kossonou Surname
Approximately 13,653 people bear this surname
Kossonou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 13,605 | 1:1,696 | 168 |
| France | 20 | 1:3,321,136 | 213,627 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Kossonou (2,587) may also be a first name.
Kossonou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kossonou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kossonou is borne by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kossonou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kossonou is the 38,513th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 533,769 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Kossonou reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 144,615th most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 2,587 people.
This last name is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 13,605 people, or 1 in 1,696. In The Ivory Coast it is most prevalent in: Zanzan District, where 52 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 19 percent live and Comoé District, where 10 percent live. Not including The Ivory Coast this surname exists in 18 countries. It is also found in France, where 0 percent live and Spain, where 0 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
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