Gugessa Surname
Approximately 1,936 people bear this surname
Gugessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,932 | 1:50,490 | 5,344 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Gugessa (2,890) may also be a first name.
Gugessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gugessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gugessa is found most in Ethiopia. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gugessa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 212,696th most commonly used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 3,764,228 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gugessa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Gugessa is also the 135,183rd most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 2,890 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,932 people, or 1 in 50,490. Other than Ethiopia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gugesa | 92 | 2,582 | / |
| Gugissa | 86 | 25 | / |
| Ugesa | 83 | 171 | / |
| Gugisa | 77 | 2,576 | / |
| Ogessa | 77 | 35 | / |
| Gigesa | 77 | 33 | / |
| Ugesay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gugasa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hugesa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hughesa | 71 | 20 | / |
| Gugoisa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Augesia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gungisa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gujesha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hugesah | 71 | 0 | / |
| Ogesa | 67 | 649 | / |
| Gougisha | 67 | 93 | / |
| Gungoisa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ugisa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Gunqgisa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Euguissa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gunggisa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngungisa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Gugessa
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