Moussoum Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Moussoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Moussoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moussoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moussoum is found most in Benin. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Moussoum.
How Common Is The Last Name Moussoum? popularity and diffusion
Moussoum is the 4,427,875th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Moussoum are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 70 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Moussoum is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 738,257. In Benin Moussoum is mostly concentrated in: Atakora Department, where 93 percent are found and Borgou Department, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 20 percent are found and Algeria, where 5 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 Moussoum
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