Samsou Surname
Approximately 394 people bear this surname
Samsou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 357 | 1:53,759 | 2,646 |
| Benin | 30 | 1:344,520 | 26,827 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Samsou (910) may also be a first name.
Samsou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samsou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samsou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺎﻣﺴﻮ) has its highest incidence in Niger. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Samsou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 734,496th most frequently used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 18,496,309 people. The last name Samsou is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Samsou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 268,878th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 910 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Niger, where it is carried by 357 people, or 1 in 53,759. In Niger Samsou is most common in: Tillabéri Region, where 70 percent are found, Dosso Region, where 21 percent are found and Niamey Capital District, where 8 percent are found. Beside Niger it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 8 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samsou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samsou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﺎﻣﺴﻮ | samsw | - |
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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 Samsou
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