Guiswe Surname
Approximately 1,654 people bear this surname
Guiswe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,644 | 1:12,633 | 1,702 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Guiswe (1,155) may also be a first name.
Guiswe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guiswe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Guiswe is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Guiswe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 241,541st most frequently used family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 4,406,013 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Guiswe live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 31 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Guiswe is also the 234,052nd most frequently used given name on earth It is held by 1,155 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,644 people, or 1 in 12,633. In Cameroon Guiswe is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 54 percent are found, North Region, where 28 percent are found and Centre Region, where 6 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 1 percent are found and Germany, where 0 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 Guiswe
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