Mossou Surname
Approximately 614 people bear this surname
Mossou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 391 | 1:59,006 | 3,475 |
| Netherlands | 110 | 1:153,520 | 22,896 |
| Cameroon | 73 | 1:284,508 | 26,965 |
| Belgium | 23 | 1:499,854 | 48,667 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mossou (284) may also be a first name.
Mossou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mossou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mossou is most common in The Ivory Coast. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mossou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mossou is the 527,543rd most numerous surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 11,868,967 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Mossou are found; 49 percent are found in West Africa and 49 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mossou is also the 525,265th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 284 people.
Mossou is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 391 people, or 1 in 59,006. In The Ivory Coast Mossou is primarily concentrated in: Comoé District, where 67 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 25 percent live and Lagunes District, where 5 percent live. Not including The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 18 percent live and Cameroon, where 12 percent live.
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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 Mossou
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