Guessen Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Guessen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Guessen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guessen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Guessen occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Guessen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,593,402nd most frequently held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Guessen reside; 33 percent reside in Central Africa and 33 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Guessen is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Guessen is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 50 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 50 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon Guessen occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 33 percent are found and Brazil, where 17 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 Guessen
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