Gueme Surname
Approximately 1,883 people bear this surname
Gueme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 1,348 | 1:10,083 | 1,325 |
| Cameroon | 319 | 1:65,107 | 8,257 |
| Burkina Faso | 122 | 1:150,427 | 3,837 |
| Niger | 29 | 1:661,794 | 16,082 |
| Benin | 23 | 1:449,374 | 31,324 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Guinea | 4 | 1:2,958,454 | 2,022 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Gueme (604) may also be a first name.
Gueme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gueme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gueme is found in Chad more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gueme? popularity and diffusion
It is the 217,697th most frequently held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 3,870,178 people. The surname Gueme occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gueme are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Gueme is also the 340,092nd most prevalent forename throughout the world It is held by 604 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Chad, where it is held by 1,348 people, or 1 in 10,083. Outside of Chad this last name exists in 19 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 17 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 6 percent reside.
Gueme Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gueme has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gueme last name contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Gueme
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