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 is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbesse? popularity and diffusion
Gbesse is the 275,902nd most commonly used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 5,183,176 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Gbesse live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gbesse is also the 642,605th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 199 people.
Gbesse is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 821 people, or 1 in 12,589. In Benin Gbesse is most prevalent in: Kouffo Department, where 32 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 26 percent are found and Zou Department, where 22 percent are found. Aside from Benin this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 41 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Gbesse
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