Guissou Surname
Approximately 4,910 people bear this surname
Guissou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 4,408 | 1:4,163 | 502 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Ivory Coast | 43 | 1:536,540 | 16,589 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Guissou (43) may also be a first name.
Guissou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guissou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Guissou occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Guissou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 96,797th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,484,225 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Guissou live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 43 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 4,408 people, or 1 in 4,163. In Burkina Faso Guissou is primarily concentrated in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 59 percent are found, Centre Region, where 28 percent are found and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 6 percent are found. Beside Burkina Faso Guissou is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 9 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 1 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 Guissou
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