Gessy Surname
Approximately 162 people bear this surname
Gessy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Israel | 12 | 1:713,136 | 47,700 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Gessy (7,578) may also be a first name.
Gessy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gessy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gessy is more frequently found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gessy? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gessy is the 1,364,059th most numerous family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. The last name Gessy is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Gessy live; 75 percent live in North Africa and 75 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Gessy is also the 73,697th most commonly occurring given name internationally, held by 7,578 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is carried by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Not including Egypt this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 7 percent reside and Brazil, where 7 percent reside.
Gessy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gessy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gessy last name decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Gessy
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