Wossou Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Wossou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Wossou (9) may also be a first name.
Wossou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wossou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wossou is found most frequently in Benin. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wossou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wossou is the 7,593,402nd most commonly occurring last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Wossou is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wossou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,941,740th most common first name worldwide, borne by 9 people.
The last name Wossou is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 2,583,900. In Benin Wossou is most common in: Plateau Department, where 50 percent are found, Alibori Department, where 25 percent are found and Borgou Department, where 25 percent are found. Besides Benin Wossou occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Guinea, where 17 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 17 percent are found.
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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 Wossou
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