Nossou Surname
Approximately 198 people bear this surname
Nossou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 195 | 1:118,314 | 5,878 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Nossou (244) may also be a first name.
Nossou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nossou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nossou is carried by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Nossou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nossou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,194,481st most commonly held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 36,805,787 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Nossou are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nossou is also the 571,890th most numerous forename on earth, borne by 244 people.
The surname is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 195 people, or 1 in 118,314. In The Ivory Coast Nossou is most prevalent in: Gôh-Djiboua District, where 70 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 21 percent live and Bas-Sassandra District, where 4 percent live. Not including The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 1 percent live and Niger, where 1 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 Nossou
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