Lokossou Surname

19,401st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28,278 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Lokossou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lokossou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin24,5441:42136
Togo3,1501:2,301287
Gabon2021:9,3521,744
Nigeria1151:1,540,37258,295
France1131:587,81278,453
Ivory Coast511:452,37714,862
Ethiopia491:1,990,7408,024
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Burkina Faso121:1,529,34212,810
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Senegal31:4,859,7816,822
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
England21:27,859,030389,889
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Lokossou (1,399) may also be a first name.

Lokossou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lokossou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Lokossou is more frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lokossou? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 19,401st most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 257,711 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lokossou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lokossou is also the 209,078th most numerous first name internationally, held by 1,399 people.

Lokossou is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 24,544 people, or 1 in 421. In Benin Lokossou is most common in: Zou Department, where 22 percent are found, Mono Department, where 21 percent are found and Kouffo Department, where 17 percent are found. Not including Benin it is found in 21 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 11 percent are found and Gabon, where 1 percent are found.

Lokossou Last Name Statistics demography

Lokossou earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 31.17% less than the national average, earning $29,700 USD per year.

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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 Lokossou
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