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 surname Gbessi is held by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbessi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 136,552nd most prevalent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 2,217,756 people. This surname is predominantly found 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 frequently held forename world-wide, held by 1,804 people.
The surname is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 1,970 people, or 1 in 11,711. In The Ivory Coast Gbessi is primarily concentrated in: Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 77 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 16 percent are found and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 3 percent are found. Beside The Ivory Coast it is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 38 percent are found and France, 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
- 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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