Wossekou Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Wossekou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Wossekou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wossekou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wossekou occurs most in Benin. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Wossekou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wossekou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wossekou is the 4,908,606th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Wossekou occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Wossekou reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 1,476,515. In Benin Wossekou is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Department, where 57 percent live, Collines Department, where 14 percent live and Mono Department, where 14 percent live. Other than Benin Wossekou occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 25 percent live and Togo, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wassekou | 88 | 1 | / |
| Boussekou | 82 | 6 | / |
| Bosseko | 80 | 4 | / |
| Bousekou | 75 | 2 | / |
| Bossikou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bousseko | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vassekou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wosiko | 71 | 62 | / |
| Wozeko | 71 | 13 | / |
| Boseku | 71 | 5 | / |
| Waseko | 71 | 4 | / |
| Bousekkou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boussikou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vossekuid | 71 | 0 | / |
| Vasseko | 67 | 63 | / |
| Bosekko | 67 | 42 | / |
| Wasieko | 67 | 11 | / |
| Boseyko | 67 | 8 | / |
| Bosseka | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wossika | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wasecko | 67 | 2 | / |
| Boseiko | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wasisko | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wasekho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Voseyko | 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 Wossekou
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