Pessou Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Pessou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Pessou (389) may also be a first name.
Pessou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pessou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pessou is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pessou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pessou is the 4,649,889th most frequently held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Pessou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Pessou are found; 56 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Pessou is also the 439,102nd most common first name globally, held by 389 people.
The surname Pessou is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 1,291,950. In Benin it is most numerous in: Littoral Department, where 88 percent live and Atakora Department, where 13 percent live. Apart from Benin this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in France, where 33 percent live and Cameroon, where 6 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 Pessou
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