Gouessi Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Gouessi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Gouessi (676) may also be a first name.
Gouessi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouessi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gouessi occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouessi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,812,366th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 27 percent of Gouessi live; 27 percent live in West Africa and 18 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 318,733rd most frequently occurring forename in the world, borne by 676 people.
The surname is most frequently held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 2,563,470. In The Ivory Coast Gouessi is mostly concentrated in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 89 percent are found and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 11 percent are found. Besides The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 9 percent are found and Niger, where 9 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 Gouessi
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