Gomiss Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Gomiss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 10 | 1:409,486 | 16,302 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gomiss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gomiss Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gomiss (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻣﻴﺰ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gomiss.
How Common Is The Last Name Gomiss? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,908,606th most commonly held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Gomiss live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 409,486. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 60 percent are found, Tiris Zemmour Region, where 20 percent are found and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Mauritania it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 25 percent are found and Senegal, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gomiss Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gomiss in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻣﻴﺰ | kwmyz | 80 |
| ﻛﻮﻣﻴﺲ | kwmys | 20 |
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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 Gomiss
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