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
The last name Koussou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺹ) occurs most in Gabon. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Koussou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 117,754th most common last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,864,776 people. The surname Koussou is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Koussou are found; 45 percent are found in Central Africa and 45 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Koussou is also the 322,851st most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 661 people.
The last name is most widely held in Gabon, where it is borne by 1,364 people, or 1 in 1,385. Aside from Gabon this surname is found in 21 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 20 percent reside and Niger, where 14 percent reside.
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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