Guessa Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Guessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 33 | 1:581,576 | 14,627 |
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 1:1,774,710 | 34,235 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Guessa (142) may also be a first name.
Guessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Guessa is found most in Niger. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Guessa.
How Common Is The Last Name Guessa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Guessa is the 2,237,939th most numerous family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The surname Guessa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Guessa reside; 68 percent reside in West Africa and 49 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 775,413th most commonly held forename globally, held by 142 people.
Guessa is most numerous in Niger, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 581,576. In Niger Guessa is most numerous in: Tahoua Region, where 61 percent reside, Tillabéri Region, where 33 percent reside and Maradi Region, where 3 percent reside. Beside Niger this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 18 percent reside and Benin, where 15 percent reside.
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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 Guessa
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