Sessou Surname
Approximately 12,692 people bear this surname
Sessou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 8,536 | 1:1,211 | 145 |
| Togo | 3,990 | 1:1,816 | 207 |
| Ivory Coast | 37 | 1:623,547 | 18,271 |
| Nigeria | 36 | 1:4,920,632 | 129,434 |
| United States | 26 | 1:13,940,728 | 505,428 |
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
The alternate forms: Sèssou (1) are calculated separately.
Sessou (167) may also be a first name.
Sessou Demographics
Average Sessou Salary in
United States
$66,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sessou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sessou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sessou occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Sèssou. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sessou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sessou is the 41,195th most frequently occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 574,184 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sessou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 708,111th most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 167 people.
Sessou is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 8,536 people, or 1 in 1,211. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Mono Department, where 29 percent are found, Zou Department, where 21 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Benin Sessou occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 31 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found.
Sessou Last Name Statistics demography
Sessou earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 54.99% more than the national average, earning $66,875 USD per year.
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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 Sessou
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