Sassou Surname
Approximately 5,423 people bear this surname
Sassou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 3,045 | 1:2,380 | 305 |
| Benin | 489 | 1:21,136 | 2,828 |
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Ivory Coast | 289 | 1:79,831 | 4,359 |
| Gabon | 202 | 1:9,352 | 1,744 |
| Cameroon | 194 | 1:107,057 | 12,544 |
| Congo | 175 | 1:28,509 | 2,993 |
| Tunisia | 77 | 1:7,930 | 1,316 |
| Argentina | 27 | 1:1,583,089 | 86,049 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Greece | 7 | 1:1,582,827 | 88,377 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Sassou (5,232) may also be a first name.
Sassou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sassou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sassou (Arabic: ساسو, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺎﺳﻮ) is found most frequently in Togo. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sassou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 88,554th most frequently held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,343,822 people. The surname Sassou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sassou are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sassou is also the 93,523rd most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 5,232 people.
The surname Sassou is most common in Togo, where it is held by 3,045 people, or 1 in 2,380. Outside of Togo it is found in 29 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 9 percent reside and Chad, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sassou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sassou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﺎﺳﻮ | sasw | - |
| Sassou in the Arabic language | ||
| ساسو | sasw | - |
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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
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- 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 Sassou
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