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
Guessom is most common in Cameroon. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Guessom? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 855,216th most frequent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 22,844,972 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Guessom reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly held forename at a global level. It is borne by 22 people.
It is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 315 people, or 1 in 65,934. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: West Region, where 50 percent are found, Centre Region, where 25 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 23 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon Guessom occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 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 Guessom
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