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 is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gosseau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,343,156th most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 43,900,879 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Gosseau reside; 90 percent reside in Western Europe and 90 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
The last name is most frequently held in France, where it is carried by 137 people, or 1 in 484,837. In France Gosseau is most common in: Hauts-de-France, where 76 percent live, Grand Est, where 9 percent live and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 7 percent live. Outside of France Gosseau occurs 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
- 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 Gosseau
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