Massourou Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Massourou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 25 | 1:413,424 | 29,829 |
| Ivory Coast | 15 | 1:1,538,082 | 31,691 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Massourou (571) may also be a first name.
Massourou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Massourou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Massourou occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Massourou? popularity and diffusion
Massourou is the 2,718,172nd most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Massourou live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 350,891st most frequently used first name in the world, held by 571 people.
The surname is most common in Benin, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 413,424. In Benin Massourou is most frequent in: Alibori Department, where 40 percent are found, Zou Department, where 40 percent are found and Donga Department, where 8 percent are found. Besides Benin it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 29 percent are found and Niger, where 14 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 Massourou
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