Lissou Surname
Approximately 1,003 people bear this surname
Lissou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 971 | 1:21,389 | 2,911 |
| Benin | 18 | 1:574,200 | 35,798 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Lissou (86) may also be a first name.
Lissou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lissou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lissou occurs most in Cameroon. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lissou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 360,858th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 7,265,749 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lissou live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Chadic Africa. Lissou is also the 1,032,266th most frequent first name on earth, held by 86 people.
The surname Lissou is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 971 people, or 1 in 21,389. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 75 percent reside, North Region, where 14 percent reside and Centre Region, where 6 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 2 percent reside and Chad, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Lissou
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