Samssou Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Samssou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 32 | 1:599,751 | 14,963 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Samssou (129) may also be a first name.
Samssou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samssou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samssou occurs most in Niger. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samssou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,979,664th most widespread family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Samssou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 818,356th most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 129 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 599,751. In Niger Samssou is primarily concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 88 percent live and Dosso Region, where 6 percent live. Excluding Niger it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 23 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 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 Samssou
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