Vaissoum Surname
Approximately 884 people bear this surname
Vaissoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 674 | 1:20,166 | 2,465 |
| Cameroon | 210 | 1:98,900 | 11,715 |
The alternate forms: Vaïssoum (4) are calculated separately.
Vaissoum (566) may also be a first name.
Vaissoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vaissoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vaissoum is more commonly found in Chad than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Vaïssoum. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vaissoum? popularity and diffusion
The last name Vaissoum is the 398,272nd most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 8,243,830 people. The last name Vaissoum occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Vaissoum are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Vaissoum is also the 352,783rd most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 566 people.
This surname is most widely held in Chad, where it is carried by 674 people, or 1 in 20,166. Aside from Chad it is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 24 percent live.
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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 Vaissoum
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