Wassou Surname
Approximately 8,547 people bear this surname
Wassou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 6,665 | 1:1,551 | 198 |
| Cameroon | 977 | 1:21,258 | 2,891 |
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Morocco | 341 | 1:101,103 | 17,469 |
| France | 60 | 1:1,107,045 | 119,335 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Wassou (1,841) may also be a first name.
Wassou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wassou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wassou is most common in Benin. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wassou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 59,053rd most frequently held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 852,644 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wassou live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wassou is also the 177,753rd most frequently used forename worldwide. It is borne by 1,841 people.
The last name Wassou is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 6,665 people, or 1 in 1,551. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Alibori Department, where 60 percent live, Borgou Department, where 30 percent live and Atakora Department, where 10 percent live. Excluding Benin this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 11 percent live and Chad, where 6 percent live.
Wassou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wassou has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wassou last name declined 77 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Wassou
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