Guessom Surname
Approximately 319 people bear this surname
Guessom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 315 | 1:65,934 | 8,354 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Guessom (22) may also be a first name.
Guessom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guessom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Guessom occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Guessom? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 855,216th most common last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,844,972 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Guessom are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Guessom is also the 2,301,746th most frequently used given name world-wide. It is borne by 22 people.
Guessom is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 315 people, or 1 in 65,934. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: West Region, where 50 percent live, Centre Region, where 25 percent live and Littoral Region, where 23 percent live. Beside Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 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
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- 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 Guessom
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