Where Does The Last Name Gansse Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Gansse (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻧﺺ) is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Ganssè. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gansse? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 2,661,929^th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gansse reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gansse is also the 2,136,160^th most frequent given name internationally, borne by 25 people.

The surname is most widely held in Benin, where it is carried by 46 people, or 1 in 224,687. In Benin it is most numerous in: Zou Department, where 43 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 15 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 11 percent are found. Other than Benin this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 11 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Gansse Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Gansse has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.