Gaissom Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Gaissom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gaissom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaissom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gaissom has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaissom? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,193,072nd most widespread family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Gaissom live; 60 percent live in Central Africa and 40 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Gaissom is primarily concentrated in: Adamawa Region, where 25 percent are found, East Region, where 25 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 25 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 20 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 Gaissom
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