Gangnehessou Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Gangnehessou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gangnehessou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin111:939,60046,216
England11:55,718,059489,080

Gangnehessou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gangnehessou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gangnehessou occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gangnehessou.

How Common Is The Last Name Gangnehessou? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,587,209th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. Gangnehessou occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Gangnehessou live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 939,600. In Benin Gangnehessou is mostly found in: Zou Department, where 82 percent reside, Atlantique Department, where 9 percent reside and Kouffo Department, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin it is found in one country. It is also common in England, where 8 percent reside.

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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 Gangnehessou
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