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
Tossou occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Tossou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tossou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tossou is the 11,294th most prevalent last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 146,513 people. Tossou is primarily found 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. It is also the 114,966th most common forename at a global level, held by 3,750 people.
This surname is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 35,789 people, or 1 in 289. In Benin Tossou is mostly concentrated in: Mono Department, where 22 percent reside, Zou Department, where 17 percent reside and Collines Department, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin Tossou is found in 34 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 20 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 5 percent reside.
Tossou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Tossou surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% 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
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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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