Gbessi Surname
Approximately 3,286 people bear this surname
Gbessi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 1,970 | 1:11,711 | 963 |
| Benin | 1,252 | 1:8,255 | 1,130 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Liberia | 12 | 1:367,378 | 19,503 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gbessi (1,804) may also be a first name.
Gbessi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbessi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gbessi occurs most in The Ivory Coast. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbessi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 136,552nd most prevalent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 2,217,756 people. The surname Gbessi occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Gbessi reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 179,873rd most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 1,804 people.
The last name Gbessi is most frequently held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 1,970 people, or 1 in 11,711. In The Ivory Coast Gbessi is most common in: Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 77 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 16 percent live and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 38 percent live and France, where 0 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 Gbessi
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