Guessou Surname
Approximately 223 people bear this surname
Guessou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 123 | 1:84,029 | 9,888 |
| Ivory Coast | 44 | 1:524,346 | 16,367 |
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Guessou (666) may also be a first name.
Guessou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guessou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Guessou occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Guessou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Guessou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,098,270th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,679,578 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Guessou are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 66 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 321,585th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 666 people.
The last name Guessou is most widespread in Benin, where it is held by 123 people, or 1 in 84,029. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Borgou Department, where 51 percent reside, Kouffo Department, where 12 percent reside and Mono Department, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Benin Guessou is found in 10 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 20 percent reside and Cameroon, where 14 percent reside.
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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 Guessou
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