Possou Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Possou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 24 | 1:430,650 | 30,545 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Possou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Possou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Possou is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Possou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Possou is the 3,730,171st most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Possou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 430,650. In Benin Possou is most frequent in: Littoral Department, where 29 percent live, Zou Department, where 25 percent live and Borgou Department, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Benin Possou is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 11 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 4 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 Possou
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