Gnessien Surname

109,844th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,235 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Gnessien Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gnessien Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso4,1491:4,423520
Ivory Coast831:277,96710,712
France31:22,140,907385,998

Gnessien (206) may also be a first name.

Gnessien Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gnessien Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Gnessien is held by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gnessien? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gnessien is the 109,844th most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,720,790 people. Gnessien is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gnessien live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gnessien is also the 630,600th most common given name on earth. It is borne by 206 people.

This last name is most widespread in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 4,149 people, or 1 in 4,423. In Burkina Faso Gnessien is most frequent in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 80 percent live, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 11 percent live and Centre Region, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Burkina Faso this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gneissien9415/
Gniessien946/
Gnesssien941/
Gnessiein941/
Gnessin9359/
Gnessen9313/
Gnesien937/
Gnissien882,196/
Niessien8824/
Gnessein8811/
Gnassien885/
Gnessoin881/
Gnesin86307/
Gnesen862/
Gniissien821/
Nessiem80530/
Gnessim80420/
Gneshin8018/
Gnisien806/
Gnissin806/
Gnesson803/
Gnessan803/
Gnassin802/
Gnetsin801/
Gnesion801/
Gneshen801/
Gnassen801/
Goennessen780/
Høgnesen75149/
Nessjøen7534/
Gennesen755/
Gnissein752/
Gnessong751/
Gnission751/
Gnissiin751/
Gennissen71249/
Gennesson7163/
Nesgen7132/
Nesiem7125/
N'Gnessan713/
Gnasin712/
Gnisin711/
Nesyen711/
Gnosen710/
Neshiem6751/
Gnissan6746/
Gnicien677/
Nisieng671/
Gnessam671/
Gnýsson671/
Nitsien671/
Gnycien671/
Gnosinn671/
Gneshan671/
Nissgen670/

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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 Gnessien
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