Gussau Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Gussau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
The alternate forms: Güssau (3) are calculated separately.
Gussau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gussau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gussau has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Güssau. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gussau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 10,311,814th most widely held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gussau live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Gussau is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kaduna, where 50 percent live and Kogi, where 50 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Angola, where 33 percent live.
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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 Gussau
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