Koussou Surname
Approximately 3,908 people bear this surname
Koussou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabon | 1,364 | 1:1,385 | 225 |
| Chad | 770 | 1:17,652 | 2,191 |
| Niger | 554 | 1:34,643 | 1,911 |
| France | 419 | 1:158,527 | 24,620 |
| Congo | 390 | 1:12,793 | 1,642 |
| Ivory Coast | 204 | 1:113,094 | 5,698 |
| Benin | 106 | 1:97,506 | 11,150 |
| Algeria | 54 | 1:715,399 | 40,623 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| Burkina Faso | 9 | 1:2,039,122 | 15,494 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
Koussou (661) may also be a first name.
Koussou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koussou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Koussou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺹ) is found in Gabon more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Koussou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 117,754th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,864,776 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Koussou live; 45 percent live in Central Africa and 45 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Koussou is also the 322,851st most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 661 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Gabon, where it is borne by 1,364 people, or 1 in 1,385. Not including Gabon Koussou is found in 21 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 20 percent live and Niger, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koussou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koussou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﺹ | kws | - |
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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
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- 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 Koussou
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