Vissou Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Vissou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 27 | 1:382,800 | 28,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Vissou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vissou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vissou is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Vissou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,909,720th most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. Vissou is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Vissou reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 78 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most widely held in Benin, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 382,800. In Benin it is mostly found in: Mono Department, where 56 percent live, Ouémé Department, where 33 percent live and Kouffo Department, where 4 percent live. Aside from Benin this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 22 percent live and Nigeria, where 13 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
- 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 Vissou
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