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 last name Guessou is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Guessou? popularity and diffusion
Guessou is the 1,098,270th most widespread last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 32,679,578 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Guessou live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 66 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Guessou is also the 321,585th most frequent first name in the world, held by 666 people.
It is most frequently held in Benin, where it is carried by 123 people, or 1 in 84,029. In Benin it is primarily found in: Borgou Department, where 51 percent are found, Kouffo Department, where 12 percent are found and Mono Department, where 12 percent are found. Beside Benin this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 20 percent are found and Cameroon, where 14 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 Guessou
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