Goussi Surname
Approximately 2,540 people bear this surname
Goussi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2,442 | 1:4,232 | 552 |
| France | 59 | 1:1,125,809 | 120,603 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Goussi (2,969) may also be a first name.
Goussi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goussi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Goussi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺳﻲ) is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goussi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 169,814th most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,869,113 people. The surname Goussi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Goussi reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Goussi is also the 132,978th most widespread given name world-wide, held by 2,969 people.
This surname is most common in Benin, where it is carried by 2,442 people, or 1 in 4,232. In Benin it is mostly found in: Mono Department, where 35 percent live, Zou Department, where 23 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 23 percent live. Other than Benin this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in France, where 2 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Goussi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Goussi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﺳﻲ | kwsy | - |
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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 Goussi
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