Sosou Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Sosou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 55 | 1:187,920 | 18,137 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Solomon Islands | 14 | 1:41,431 | 8,080 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
Sosou (41) may also be a first name.
Sosou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sosou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sosou is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sosou.
How Common Is The Last Name Sosou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,931,261st most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Sosou reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sosou is also the 1,590,275th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 41 people.
The last name Sosou is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 187,920. In Benin Sosou is most common in: Kouffo Department, where 24 percent are found, Zou Department, where 20 percent are found and Mono Department, where 18 percent are found. Apart from Benin Sosou occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 20 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 15 percent are found.
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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 Sosou
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