Sossou-Coussi Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Sossou-Coussi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Sossou-Coussi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin491:210,93119,709
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

Sossou-Coussi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sossou-Coussi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sossou-Coussi is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sossou-Coussi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,746,821st most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sossou-Coussi live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Sossou-Coussi is most widely held in Benin, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 210,931. In Benin it is most numerous in: Atlantique Department, where 78 percent live, Littoral Department, where 14 percent live and Zou Department, where 8 percent live. Not including Benin this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Togo, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sossou-Kouissi891/
Sossou-Gossi888/
Sossoukoussi883/
Sossou Kouassi811/
Sossou-Kisse7228/
Sossoukisse6781/

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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 Sossou-Coussi
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