Sossou-Gah Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Sossou-Gah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Sossou-Gah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sossou-Gah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sossou-Gah is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sossou-Gah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sossou-Gah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,812,366th most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Sossou-Gah are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Benin, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 1,148,400. In Benin Sossou-Gah is mostly found in: Littoral Department, where 89 percent reside and Zou Department, where 11 percent reside. Not including Benin this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 9 percent reside and Ghana, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sossougah | 95 | 14 | / |
| Sossouga | 89 | 33 | / |
| Sosough | 82 | 4 | / |
| Sessouga | 78 | 1 | / |
| Sosugh | 75 | 9 | / |
| Sosoga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zossou-Ka | 74 | 7 | / |
| Sossougue | 74 | 3 | / |
| Sossougui | 74 | 1 | / |
| Sossou-Ke | 74 | 1 | / |
| Sissaouga | 74 | 1 | / |
| Sassouaga | 74 | 1 | / |
| Sosoaga | 71 | 14 | / |
| Soosugh | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sosuaga | 71 | 3 | / |
| Sessugh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zossou-Ake | 70 | 7 | / |
| Sossou-Oke | 70 | 2 | / |
| Sessouka | 67 | 153 | / |
| Zossouka | 67 | 32 | / |
| Sissogho | 67 | 26 | / |
| Sossouki | 67 | 20 | / |
| Sossouke | 67 | 8 | / |
| Sessouca | 67 | 5 | / |
| Seisough | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sossouco | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sossekou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sosog | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sosga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zosou-Ka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zissouga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sossogue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sossoago | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seissoughou | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sossou-Gah
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