Gwess Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Gwess Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gwess Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:19,076,786604,894
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Gwess Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gwess Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Gwess has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Gwess click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gwess? popularity and diffusion

Gwess is the 4,427,875th most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Gwess reside; 95 percent reside in North America and 95 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Gwess is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 19,076,786. In The United States Gwess is most frequent in: Michigan, where 53 percent are found and Kansas, where 47 percent are found. Beside The United States Gwess is found in one country. It is also common in France, where 5 percent are found.

Gwess Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Gwess has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 146 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gwess Last Name Statistics demography

Gwess earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 37.03% more than the national average, earning $59,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gwes8966/
Guess8010,998/
Gwese801,429/
Gwiss80100/
Gbess803/
Kwess802/
Gwees802/
Gwets801/
Gweshe733,774/
Gueiss7386/
Ghweis7317/
Kwesse737/
Gweese731/
Ghwesh731/
Ghwees731/
Gouess731/
Gvesse730/
Gouesse672,079/
Gues67540/
Gwis67241/
Kwes67131/
Qwes674/
Gwez672/
Gwjs671/
Kgwetse671/

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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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  • 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 Gwess
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