Gbesse Surname
Approximately 1,406 people bear this surname
Gbesse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 821 | 1:12,589 | 1,707 |
| Ivory Coast | 572 | 1:40,334 | 2,610 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
Gbesse (199) may also be a first name.
Gbesse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbesse Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gbesse occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbesse? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 275,902nd most frequently held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 5,183,176 people. The surname Gbesse occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Gbesse reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gbesse is also the 642,605th most frequent first name globally, held by 199 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Benin, where it is carried by 821 people, or 1 in 12,589. In Benin it is most numerous in: Kouffo Department, where 32 percent reside, Atlantique Department, where 26 percent reside and Zou Department, where 22 percent reside. Excluding Benin Gbesse is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 41 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 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
- 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 Gbesse
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