Gbedessi Surname
Approximately 296 people bear this surname
Gbedessi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 286 | 1:36,138 | 4,671 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Gbedessi (120) may also be a first name.
Gbedessi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbedessi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gbedessi is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbedessi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 902,012th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,620,088 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gbedessi reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gbedessi is also the 852,104th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 120 people.
It is most widespread in Benin, where it is carried by 286 people, or 1 in 36,138. In Benin it is most frequent in: Mono Department, where 62 percent are found, Kouffo Department, where 21 percent are found and Zou Department, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Benin it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 3 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gbedehessi | 89 | 13 | / |
| Gbadessi | 88 | 1,138 | / |
| Gbedassi | 88 | 99 | / |
| Gbedissi | 88 | 54 | / |
| Gbedesse | 88 | 45 | / |
| Guedessi | 88 | 25 | / |
| Gbedessy | 88 | 2 | / |
| Gbedaesi | 88 | 2 | / |
| Gbedaïssi | 82 | 11 | / |
| Gbedaîssi | 82 | 2 | / |
| Gbedaissi | 82 | 2 | / |
| Gbaddessi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Guedessei | 82 | 1 | / |
| Gbedasi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Guedesse | 75 | 39 | / |
| Gbeadese | 75 | 9 | / |
| Gbedaisi | 75 | 6 | / |
| Guedissi | 75 | 2 | / |
| Gbidossi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gbedechi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gouedissi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbadasi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Guidesi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Gbedessi
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