Kousso Surname
Approximately 901 people bear this surname
Kousso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 599 | 1:32,040 | 1,781 |
| Ivory Coast | 195 | 1:118,314 | 5,878 |
| Cameroon | 58 | 1:358,087 | 31,912 |
| Benin | 47 | 1:219,906 | 20,230 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Kousso (23,324) may also be a first name.
Kousso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kousso Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kousso is borne by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kousso.
How Common Is The Last Name Kousso? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 392,486th most frequent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 8,088,286 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Kousso reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Kousso is also the 33,708th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 23,324 people.
Kousso is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is carried by 599 people, or 1 in 32,040. In Niger Kousso is most prevalent in: Tillabéri Region, where 73 percent are found, Niamey Capital District, where 19 percent are found and Dosso Region, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Niger it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 22 percent are found and Cameroon, where 6 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 Kousso
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