Tossou Surname
Approximately 49,740 people bear this surname
Tossou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 35,789 | 1:289 | 13 |
| Togo | 9,870 | 1:734 | 45 |
| Ethiopia | 2,415 | 1:40,392 | 4,505 |
| Ghana | 762 | 1:35,460 | 4,134 |
| Ivory Coast | 220 | 1:104,869 | 5,380 |
| Nigeria | 219 | 1:808,871 | 36,014 |
| France | 159 | 1:417,753 | 60,954 |
| Guinea | 93 | 1:127,245 | 921 |
| United States | 45 | 1:8,054,643 | 356,745 |
| Senegal | 26 | 1:560,744 | 2,305 |
| Burkina Faso | 20 | 1:917,605 | 9,572 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Congo | 8 | 1:623,637 | 15,053 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1:1,832,455 | 58,414 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
Tossou (3,750) may also be a first name.
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Tossou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tossou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tossou occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tossou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 11,294th most common family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 146,513 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tossou are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tossou is also the 114,966th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 3,750 people.
This surname is most widespread in Benin, where it is borne by 35,789 people, or 1 in 289. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Mono Department, where 22 percent are found, Zou Department, where 17 percent are found and Collines Department, where 13 percent are found. Besides Benin this surname occurs in 34 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 20 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 5 percent are found.
Tossou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Tossou last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.
The amount Tossou earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 43.65% less than the national average, earning R 133,908 per year and in United States they earn 21.29% less than the national average, earning $33,962 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
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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 Tossou
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