Gosselein Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Canada

Gosselein Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gosselein Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gosselein Last Name Facts

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

Gosselein occurs most in Brazil. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gosselein? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,057,639th most commonly used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Gosselein reside; 67 percent reside in South America and 67 percent reside in Luso-South America.

This last name is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 21,407,433. In Brazil Gosselein is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 90 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 10 percent live. Besides Brazil it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 27 percent live and The United States, where 7 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 Gosselein
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