Gosseau Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Gosseau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 137 | 1:484,837 | 68,361 |
| Ireland | 13 | 1:362,226 | 14,761 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
Gosseau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gosseau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gosseau occurs most in France. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Gosseau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gosseau? popularity and diffusion
Gosseau is the 1,343,156th most common last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Gosseau are found; 90 percent are found in Western Europe and 90 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The surname is most widely held in France, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 484,837. In France it is mostly found in: Hauts-de-France, where 76 percent live, Grand Est, where 9 percent live and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account France it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 8 percent live and Belgium, where 8 percent live.
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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 Gosseau
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