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.
Tossou Demographics
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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 may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tossou? popularity and diffusion
Tossou is the 11,294th most widespread surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 146,513 people. Tossou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tossou reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tossou is also the 114,966th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 3,750 people.
Tossou is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 35,789 people, or 1 in 289. In Benin Tossou is most frequent in: Mono Department, where 22 percent are found, Zou Department, where 17 percent are found and Collines Department, where 13 percent are found. Other than Benin it is found in 34 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 20 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 5 percent are found.
Tossou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Tossou last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the 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
- 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 Tossou
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