Woussou Surname
Approximately 242 people bear this surname
Woussou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 211 | 1:48,984 | 6,195 |
| Ivory Coast | 19 | 1:1,214,275 | 27,625 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
Woussou (65) may also be a first name.
Woussou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Woussou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Woussou is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Woussou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Woussou is the 1,038,570th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 30,113,826 people. Woussou is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Woussou reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Woussou is also the 1,212,820th most frequently held given name worldwide, held by 65 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Benin, where it is held by 211 people, or 1 in 48,984. In Benin Woussou is most prevalent in: Zou Department, where 36 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 20 percent live and Collines Department, where 12 percent live. Outside of Benin Woussou is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent live and Togo, where 4 percent live.
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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 Woussou
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