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
The surname Guessa is found in Niger more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Guessa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,237,939th most frequently used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The last name Guessa is mostly found 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 first name globally, held by 142 people.
The surname is most common in Niger, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 581,576. In Niger it is primarily found in: Tahoua Region, where 61 percent live, Tillabéri Region, where 33 percent live and Maradi Region, where 3 percent live. Excluding Niger it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 18 percent live and Benin, where 15 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
- 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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