Guessom Surname

855,216th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 319 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Guessom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Guessom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon3151:65,9348,354
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

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 is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Guessom? popularity and diffusion

It is the 855,216th most prevalent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 22,844,972 people. The surname Guessom occurs predominantly 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 frequently held first name internationally It is held by 22 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 315 people, or 1 in 65,934. In Cameroon Guessom is mostly found in: West Region, where 50 percent live, Centre Region, where 25 percent live and Littoral Region, where 23 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs 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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