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
Average Tossou Salary in
United States
$33,962 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tossou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tossou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tossou is most common in Benin. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tossou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tossou is the 11,294th most frequent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 146,513 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tossou live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 114,966th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 3,750 people.
Tossou is most frequent in Benin, where it is carried by 35,789 people, or 1 in 289. In Benin it is primarily found in: Mono Department, where 22 percent live, Zou Department, where 17 percent live and Collines Department, where 13 percent live. Outside of Benin this last name occurs in 34 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 20 percent live and Ethiopia, where 5 percent live.
Tossou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Tossou are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered with 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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