Gossema Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Gossema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 15 | 1:1,538,082 | 31,691 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Gossema (14) may also be a first name.
Gossema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gossema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gossema has its highest incidence in The Ivory Coast. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gossema? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,908,606th most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Gossema are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most numerous given name on earth, borne by 14 people.
This surname is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 1,538,082. In The Ivory Coast it is mostly concentrated in: Montagnes District, where 93 percent live and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 7 percent live. Besides The Ivory Coast Gossema is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 6 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 Gossema
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