Nassou Surname
Approximately 1,174 people bear this surname
Nassou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 268 | 1:77,497 | 9,544 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Benin | 221 | 1:46,767 | 5,937 |
| Ivory Coast | 132 | 1:174,782 | 7,817 |
| Greece | 108 | 1:102,591 | 17,261 |
| Namibia | 85 | 1:28,346 | 4,400 |
| Mauritania | 75 | 1:54,598 | 3,928 |
| Niger | 21 | 1:913,906 | 20,544 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nassou (7,500) may also be a first name.
Nassou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nassou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nassou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﺎﺳﻮ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nassou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nassou is the 318,721st most numerous family name globally It is held by around 1 in 6,207,450 people. Nassou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Nassou live; 55 percent live in West Africa and 26 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nassou is also the 74,202nd most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 7,500 people.
The surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 268 people, or 1 in 77,497. In Cameroon Nassou is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 56 percent are found, North Region, where 41 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Cameroon it is found in 15 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 20 percent are found and Benin, where 19 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nassou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nassou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﺎﺳﻮ | nasw | 73.33 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﺎﺳﻮ | alnasw | 13.33 |
| ﻧﺎﺱ | nas | 6.67 |
| ﺃﻧﺎﺱ | anas | 3.33 |
| ﻧﺎﺳﻮﺍ | naswa | 3.33 |
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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 Nassou
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