Mehissou Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Mehissou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 38 | 1:271,990 | 23,227 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mehissou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mehissou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mehissou is found most frequently in Benin. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mehissou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,746,821st most widespread last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Mehissou are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 78 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Mehissou is most numerous in Benin, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 271,990. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Department, where 76 percent live, Zou Department, where 5 percent live and Borgou Department, where 3 percent live. Barring Benin this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in France, where 20 percent live and Ghana, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahissou | 88 | 4 | / |
| Mehiso | 86 | 2 | / |
| Mahisso | 80 | 10 | / |
| Miessou | 80 | 3 | / |
| Mehissa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mohessou | 75 | 8 | / |
| Mahisu | 71 | 163 | / |
| Miesso | 71 | 25 | / |
| Mahiso | 71 | 11 | / |
| Mohisu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Maeiso | 71 | 1 | / |
| Miisso | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maiyessou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mehischau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Miessau | 67 | 72 | / |
| Moeissa | 67 | 31 | / |
| Mihesso | 67 | 31 | / |
| Mahesso | 67 | 15 | / |
| Mihisut | 67 | 15 | / |
| Mo'isso | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mahissa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mohissa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Meaizou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mehessa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mahisho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mohesso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meusseu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Miessui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mohishu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meoissa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mehisah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maeissa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mhgiyso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mohisho | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mehissou
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