Wessou Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Wessou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 80 | 1:129,195 | 13,967 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Wessou (885) may also be a first name.
Wessou Demographics
Average Wessou Salary in
South Africa
R 918,132
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Wessou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wessou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wessou is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wessou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wessou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,736,881st most widespread family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. Wessou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Wessou are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 273,274th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 885 people.
The last name is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 80 people, or 1 in 129,195. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Collines Department, where 26 percent reside, Zou Department, where 25 percent reside and Plateau Department, where 24 percent reside. Besides Benin it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 15 percent reside and Niger, where 4 percent reside.
Wessou Last Name Statistics demography
Wessou earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 286.36% more than the national average, earning R 918,132 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
- 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 Wessou
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