Kouessou Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Kouessou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Kouessou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kouessou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kouessou is found most in Benin. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouessou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kouessou is the 8,193,072nd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kouessou reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Kouessou is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 2,583,900. In Benin Kouessou is most common in: Ouémé Department, where 50 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 25 percent live and Borgou Department, where 25 percent live. Beside Benin this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 20 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 Kouessou
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