Gessan Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Gessan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Gessan (31) may also be a first name.
Gessan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gessan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gessan occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gessan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gessan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,532,898th most widespread last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Gessan occurs mostly in Europe, where 74 percent of Gessan reside; 74 percent reside in Western Europe and 74 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 31 people.
The surname is most prevalent in France, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 4,744,480. In France it is most common in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 100 percent are found. Barring France it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 21 percent are found and Tanzania, where 5 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 Gessan
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