Guisse Surname
Approximately 26,631 people bear this surname
Guisse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 17,183 | 1:848 | 107 |
| Mali | 4,711 | 1:3,602 | 271 |
| Guinea | 2,006 | 1:5,899 | 249 |
| Niger | 1,014 | 1:18,927 | 1,202 |
| Mauritania | 506 | 1:8,093 | 869 |
| France | 347 | 1:191,420 | 29,799 |
| Gabon | 202 | 1:9,352 | 1,744 |
| Belgium | 167 | 1:68,842 | 11,001 |
| Congo | 118 | 1:42,280 | 3,996 |
| Ivory Coast | 87 | 1:265,187 | 10,377 |
| United States | 80 | 1:4,530,737 | 237,840 |
| Burkina Faso | 68 | 1:269,884 | 5,074 |
| Brazil | 39 | 1:5,489,085 | 137,424 |
| Peru | 20 | 1:1,589,206 | 22,980 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1:283,918 | 487 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 1:2,510,934 | 119,518 |
The alternate forms: Guissé (2,163) & Guissè (2) are calculated separately.
Guisse (341) may also be a first name.
Guisse Demographics
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Guisse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guisse Come From? nationality or country of origin
Guisse (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻴﺴﻰ) is found most frequently in Senegal. It can also appear as a variant: Guissé or Guissè. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Guisse? popularity and diffusion
The last name Guisse is the 20,520th most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 273,649 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Guisse live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 66 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 472,872nd most frequently used given name in the world, held by 341 people.
Guisse is most frequently occurring in Senegal, where it is borne by 17,183 people, or 1 in 848. In Senegal Guisse is most common in: Dakar Region, where 22 percent reside, Matam Region, where 22 percent reside and Saint Louis Region, where 13 percent reside. Barring Senegal this surname occurs in 39 countries. It is also common in Mali, where 18 percent reside and Guinea, where 8 percent reside.
Guisse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Guisse has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Guisse last name expanded 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Guisse Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Guisse last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.67% being registered with the party.
The amount Guisse earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 50.87% more than the national average, earning S/. 29,246 per year; in United States they earn 26.2% less than the national average, earning $31,842 USD per year and in Canada they earn 57.19% less than the national average, earning $21,268 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Guisse Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guisse in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻴﺴﻰ | kysy | 76.26 |
| ﻛﻴﺴﻲ | kysy | 17.99 |
| ﻛﻴﺴﻪ | kysh | 0.48 |
| ﻗﻴﺴﻰ | qysy | 0.24 |
| ﻏﻴﺴﻲ | ghysy | 0.24 |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Guisse
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