Wassiou Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Wassiou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 33 | 1:313,200 | 25,349 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Wassiou (3,379) may also be a first name.
Wassiou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wassiou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wassiou is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wassiou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,055,934th most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Wassiou live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wassiou is also the 122,594th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 3,379 people.
The last name Wassiou is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 313,200. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Donga Department, where 27 percent live, Plateau Department, where 27 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 12 percent live. Beside Benin it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent live and Algeria, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wassihou | 93 | 4 | / |
| Wassiaou | 93 | 1 | / |
| Wassiu | 92 | 10 | / |
| Vassiou | 86 | 173 | / |
| Bassiou | 86 | 92 | / |
| Wassieu | 86 | 12 | / |
| Washiou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wasseou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wasiu | 83 | 42,559 | / |
| Vassious | 80 | 11 | / |
| Woussiou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Basiou | 77 | 177 | / |
| Wasihu | 77 | 11 | / |
| Washiu | 77 | 9 | / |
| Wasiua | 77 | 6 | / |
| Wahsiu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Waisiu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Whasiu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waasiu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wuasiu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wazsiu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vasioiu | 71 | 195 | / |
| Wossieu | 71 | 10 | / |
| Bassoju | 71 | 7 | / |
| Washiju | 71 | 6 | / |
| Waaasiu | 71 | 3 | / |
| Vassieu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Vassius | 71 | 1 | / |
| Washieu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wasyaou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vasiu | 67 | 3,881 | / |
| Basiu | 67 | 120 | / |
| Wasyu | 67 | 75 | / |
| Baschiou | 67 | 36 | / |
| Wasju | 67 | 13 | / |
| Woissieu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wossoyou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wachihou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vaussieu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vassiaux | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wasiahuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wosiu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wassiou
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