Gbessin Surname
Approximately 351 people bear this surname
Gbessin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 262 | 1:39,449 | 5,069 |
| Ivory Coast | 86 | 1:268,270 | 10,467 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gbessin (62) may also be a first name.
Gbessin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbessin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gbessin is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbessin? popularity and diffusion
It is the 799,576th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 20,762,239 people. The last name Gbessin occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Gbessin live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gbessin is also the 1,246,114th most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 62 people.
The surname Gbessin is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 262 people, or 1 in 39,449. In Benin it is most frequent in: Atlantique Department, where 37 percent are found, Zou Department, where 28 percent are found and Kouffo Department, where 13 percent are found. Besides Benin Gbessin exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 25 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gbessing | 93 | 1 | / |
| Gbessina | 93 | 1 | / |
| Gbesin | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gbassin | 86 | 8 | / |
| Guessin | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gbeshin | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gbein | 83 | 57 | / |
| Gouessin | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gbissien | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gbetin | 77 | 708 | / |
| Gbezin | 77 | 127 | / |
| Gbasin | 77 | 17 | / |
| Guesin | 77 | 10 | / |
| Ghbein | 77 | 9 | / |
| Gbesen | 77 | 6 | / |
| Gbosin | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gbechin | 71 | 169 | / |
| Guissin | 71 | 55 | / |
| Gouesin | 71 | 12 | / |
| Gbettin | 71 | 10 | / |
| Guessen | 71 | 6 | / |
| N'Gbein | 71 | 1 | / |
| Guessim | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbeîtin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbessem | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kuessin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwessin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Quessin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gvescin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbene | 67 | 973 | / |
| Gbean | 67 | 605 | / |
| Gbain | 67 | 252 | / |
| Gbine | 67 | 75 | / |
| Gbetchin | 67 | 32 | / |
| Couessin | 67 | 23 | / |
| Gvein | 67 | 17 | / |
| Gbeun | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gboin | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gbehetin | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gbeisene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gouessim | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Gbessin
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