Gbessey Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Gbessey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 36 | 1:122,459 | 9,313 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Gbessey (97) may also be a first name.
Gbessey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbessey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gbessey is more frequently found in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbessey? popularity and diffusion
Gbessey is the 3,100,440th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gbessey live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Gbessey is also the 962,660th most prevalent forename in the world, held by 97 people.
The surname Gbessey is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 122,459. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Bomi County, where 61 percent live, Grand Cape Mount County, where 25 percent live and Montserrado County, where 14 percent live. Beside Liberia it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 8 percent live and Ethiopia, where 3 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 Gbessey
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