Lessou Surname
Approximately 412 people bear this surname
Lessou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 377 | 1:61,197 | 3,581 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Lessou (705) may also be a first name.
Lessou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lessou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lessou occurs most in The Ivory Coast. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Lessou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lessou? popularity and diffusion
Lessou is the 711,133rd most numerous family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 17,688,218 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Lessou reside; 71 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lessou is also the 311,169th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 705 people.
The surname Lessou is most commonly held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 377 people, or 1 in 61,197. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily concentrated in: Gôh-Djiboua District, where 72 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 25 percent are found and Lagunes District, where 2 percent are found. Apart from The Ivory Coast it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent are found and Niger, where 1 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 Lessou
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