Gnassa Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Gnassa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 16 | 1:645,975 | 38,126 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Gnassa (50) may also be a first name.
Gnassa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gnassa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gnassa is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gnassa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,730,171st most frequent family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Gnassa is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Gnassa live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 50 people.
It is most widespread in Benin, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 645,975. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Zou Department, where 81 percent are found and Donga Department, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Benin this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Gabon, where 14 percent are found and Togo, where 14 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 Gnassa
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