Gbessa Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Gbessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 43 | 1:240,363 | 21,480 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Liberia | 4 | 1:1,102,134 | 37,930 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Gbessa (458) may also be a first name.
Gbessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gbessa is found most frequently in Benin. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gbessa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbessa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gbessa is the 2,506,728th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Gbessa are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 398,932nd most frequently occurring given name throughout the world. It is borne by 458 people.
Gbessa is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 240,363. In Benin it is most numerous in: Alibori Department, where 47 percent live, Borgou Department, where 33 percent live and Zou Department, where 9 percent live. Apart from Benin this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 17 percent live and Liberia, where 7 percent live.
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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 Gbessa
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