Sossouvi Surname

232,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,736 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Sossouvi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sossouvi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin1,1861:8,7151,204
Togo5251:13,8053,854
Ethiopia91:10,838,47414,518
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Ivory Coast31:7,690,41157,263
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622

Sossouvi (85) may also be a first name.

Sossouvi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sossouvi Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sossouvi occurs most in Benin. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sossouvi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 232,523rd most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 4,197,895 people. The last name Sossouvi is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sossouvi live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sossouvi is also the 1,039,322nd most frequent given name world-wide, held by 85 people.

The surname Sossouvi is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 1,186 people, or 1 in 8,715. In Benin it is most common in: Mono Department, where 39 percent are found, Kouffo Department, where 24 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Benin it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 30 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sosouvi933/
Sossovi933/
Sossouve88122/
Sousouvi881/
Sossovui881/
Sassouvi881/
Sosovi8611/
Sosuvi8610/
Soussoubi8210/
Sossoubie821/
Sossavi801,730/
Sosovio801/
Sosouve801/
Soussoubie78250/
Zossouve7555/
Sossouwe7551/
Sosovich7514/
Sossover756/
Sosssavi752/
Sosovish751/
Sossouby751/
Sassoubi751/
Sosove7114/
Sosavi7114/
Sosubi712/
Sosobi712/
Soussoube711/
Sosuve711/
Sosovy711/
Shoshussui67306/
Sossave67115/
Sosover6733/
Sossouhoue676/
Sousavi673/
Sosaevi671/
Sossoba671/
Zossavi671/
Sosouwe671/
Sosiavi671/

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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 Sossouvi
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