Gossay Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Gossay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 38 | 1:1,747,966 | 156,445 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Gossay (18) may also be a first name.
Gossay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gossay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gossay is carried by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gossay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,909,720th most commonly occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 87 percent of Gossay live; 87 percent live in Western Europe and 87 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Gossay is also the 2,608,198th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 18 people.
This last name is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 1,747,966. In France it is most prevalent in: Brittany, where 45 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 29 percent are found and Normandy, where 24 percent are found. Aside from France this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 9 percent are found and The United States, where 4 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 Gossay
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